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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.