On Tue, 14 May 1996, Mike White wrote:

> What I went through only two months ago, my friend Rich is going 
> through today.  (A '64 Kombi)
> 
> Seems all the bolts but ONE fell out of the driver side reduction 
> box/swingarm assembly.  I got under there last night to install a 
> couple new bolts, and noticed one bolt was sheared off.  ACK.  
(snip)

I had similiar experiences.  My solution was to disassemble it down to 
the swing tube, take it to a machine shop and have them put thread 
inserts into the soft metal inner casing of the reduction boxes.  It is a 
good idea not to use any 'screwed' up bolts when you put it all back 
together.  8-)    Good luck.

Jon Christensen        /V\      Membership Coordinator for the
~Certified VW Nut      \W/        Vintage VW Club of America 
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