>> Vice-gripping a round bolt head is not my favorite way to
 >> remove/install bolts.
 >
 > But the fact that you *can* demonstrates the pointlessness of using
 > the bolts. VW think they have to be drilled out.

VW are optimistic.

Thanks, all!

--
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.

On 05/07/2012 11:17 AM, David Beierl wrote:
> At 01:53 PM 5/7/2012, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
>> Other than the heads, are there anything magical about these bolts?
>
> The price.
>
>> Can I just bang in a couple of regular bolts?
>
> Yes. M8x1.25
>
>> Vice-gripping a round bolt head is not my favorite way to
>> remove/install bolts.
>
> But the fact that you *can* demonstrates the pointlessness of using the
> bolts. VW think they have to be drilled out.
>
> Yrs,
> d