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Subject:Re: Size for the clam shell bolt
From:BenT
Date:Mon, 24 Jul 2017 12:35:35 -0700

Wheels bolts from some other cars, maybe. Most Japanese cars use a 12mm 1.5 bolt. Vanagons and newer VW's use 14mm 1.5 bolts or studs.

What might be confusing you is the 19mm head on that 12mm bolt. That was used so that you do not have to scramble for another tool to open your clamshell. You can just utilize your lugwrench.

BenT
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> On Jul 24, 2017, at 10:12 AM, Chris S <szpejankowski@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> I thought wheel bolts also fit. 
> 
> Chris
> 
> Dnia 24.07.2017 o godz. 09:42 T Collins <tonycollin@GMAIL.COM> napisał(a):
> 
>> Hello,
>> 
>> Who knows the correct size for the bolt that holds the clam shell in place?
>> Mine extricated itself!
>> 
>> Thank you,
>> T.