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On 26 Mar 2005 at 20:48, C.Rochambeau wrote: > The stock bolts were removed completely from > the car in about three turns, two and a half or so on the rear drums. > The new bolts [it should be obvious which is which] tightened at 9-10 > turns, so I'm feeling better about driving the car. :) > I guess the point in my dragging this out is that having had a closer > look at what was going on, I consider the stock bolts DANGEROUS for this > application. I see a lot of wheels similar to mine, wheel bolts are > very, very cheap... You're right to be worried about this. 3 threads is insufficient to hold. I wouldn't drive them this way, at all. I once worked on a stock squareback where one rear drum had been replaced with an aftermarket drum which had a thicker sidewall, which reduced the purchase that the wheel bolts got in the hub. The result was that, by the time I saw the car, 2 of the 4 bolts has stripped out. I replaced the hub and the drum and 2 bolts and sent him on his way. BTW, you also may need to make sure that drum brake bolts are not also too long. There are things in there that can get hit and damaged. I'm glad you found a solution to your problem. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~