They come out just fine using vice-grips as a wrench to grab that edge
near the base. Chewing up the ends make no difference since they are not
reused anyway.

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of Coby Smolens
Sent: Thursday, September 16, 1999 10:40 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Woody's shear bolts

Sorry to be so delayed - Outlook '98 took it upon itself to file this
message in Junk Mail. Luckily I checked before dumping the lot... Tell it to
Bill Gates.

I don't drill them out at all. I use a cutoff wheel on a die grinder to cut
a screw slot in the pointy head of the sheared-off bolt (abrasive disk on a
Dremel, for the DIYer?), then take the thing off with a screwdriver.
Actually, now I think of it, I've gotten them loose with a good pair of vise
grips, judiciously applied. They're not very tight - they shear off in the
tightening process before they get past 16 ft. lbs. or so.

Coby

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Woody Halsey [mailto:WoodyHalsey@compuserve.com]
> Sent: Sunday, September 12, 1999 3:24 AM
> To: Darrell Boehler
> Cc: bus depot; Coby Smolens; Ken Wilford
> Subject: Re: Woody's shear bolts
>
>
> Dear Friends,
>
> The Bentley says to "drill out" the shear bolts on the steering column in
> order to disassemble the dash on my 83.5 parts van. Can anyone
> tell me what
> diameter bit to use?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Woody
>