I believe that bolts on some and studs on others is a factory setup, due to
the angle of the pipes and the difficulty of installing them.
Craig Rogers
Ineffable Audio Unity Inc.
Specializing in Uher tape recorders
(914) 378-1606 carogers@idt.net
-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Lewis <kdlewis@JUNO.COM>
To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM <Vanagon@VANAGON.COM>
Date: Tuesday, March 03, 1998 1:34 PM
Subject: Re: different exhaust Q? studs or bolts?

>Jeff:
>If the bolt is not long enough you may not have sufficient penetration as
>with a stud you know when you bottom out i.e less chance to strip out the
>hole.
>
>Good Luck & Drive Safely
>Ken Lewis , NC
>86 VW Transporter Double Cab Pickup
>60 Porsche T5 Coupe
>85 VW Vanagon (Elvis)
>
>On Mon, 2 Mar 1998 02:30:06 EST Oxroad <Oxroad@AOL.COM> writes:
>>Hello--
>>
>>This exhaust thread got me thinking. My relatively new to me 83.5
>>Westy had a
>>rebuilt water cooled engine that was "installed" by a DPOs "mechanic."
>>
>>On my bus the exhaust is bolted to the heads with bolts. It would seem
>>to me
>>that the heads would correctly have studs with nuts holding the
>>exhaust in
>>place. My fear is when I have to change the exhaust those bolts won't
>>move or
>>will sheer. (but maybe the studs would as well?)
>>
>>But anyway, the question is should there be studs coming out of the
>>heads for
>>the exhaust. Or is this bolted configuration OK?
>>
>>TIA
>>Jeff
>>83.5 Westy
>>
>
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