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On 7 Apr 2004 at 17:52, Ben Doughney wrote: > Today I noticed that the top of the steering box was loose, all 4 bolts > had started to work their way out, it was lucky I spotted that! Is > there supposed to be lock plates or something to stop them working > loose, or do the spring washers do a good enough job of holding them > down? I think it's just secured with lock washers. Those usually seem to do a fine job, but I occasionally see loose ones. I've generally assumed that someone had been in there and left those bolts loose, but it could just be loosening from road vibration that finally got to them. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org