

| Subject: | Re: Replacement for Steering Column's Upper Bolts? |
| From: | ralph meyermann |
| Date: | Mon, 7 May 2012 12:39:56 -0600 |
I used vise grips to remove then put regular bolts back in Velma 82diesel 1.6 na westy On May 7, 2012 1:08 PM, "Rocket J Squirrel" <camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote: The upper two steering column bolts, which bolt the column to the underside of the dash, and shown on 48.2 (not called out by name but have "10 Nm [7 ft lb]" notated), are some kind of anti-tamper thingies with conical heads. Other than the heads, are there anything magical about these bolts? Can I just bang in a couple of regular bolts? Vice-gripping a round bolt head is not my favorite way to remove/install bolts. -- Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott Bend, Ore. 1984 Westfalia. A poor but proud people. 1971 "Ladybug"-brand utility trailer ca. 1972 from a defunct company in San Clemente, Calif., now repurposed as The Westrailia.
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