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Re: [T3] Door hinge repair question


On 9 Mar 2005 at 19:45, Keith Park wrote:

>  they use the same hex bolts as the IRS brake drums

Really, you mean those little button socket head bolts? Aren't those 6mm bolts 
with a tiny little 6mm hex socket in them? The late oval head bolts are 8mm. 
It's really hard to get much torque on a bolt with just a 6mm Allen driver on 
them, those socket heads round off really quickly.

Maybe that's why the early hinges NEEDED three bolts!

Come to think of it, I have a few of those 6mm bolts that came to me from 
someone else who parted out a '66 decades ago. ISTR, that they had paint on the 
heads and there is some kind of bolt maker's name on there in raised letters. I 
had always assumed that these were brake drum bolts, but was confused by the 
paint, since those were never painted. 

Would these special bolts be of interest to anyone?

-- 
Jim Adney
jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, WI 53711-3054
USA

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