Is this legal?

jigga Officially Full-On Dubber

249 posts · joined Oct 2007 · 9 Oct 2010, 2:29 pm

#806748

Ok.. I have a type 3. The upper shock bolt hole/thread on one side has a broken bolt. It is not coming out no matter what I try. If i were to drill the old bolt out, get a long bolt then what I was going to use (and not use the thread inside the shock mount) and use a high tensile bolt, washer and nyloc nut on the end... can I do this?

Basically I want to not both into the shock mount and instead bolt through and use a nut at the other end.. thoughts?

68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 9 Oct 2010, 2:37 pm

#806749

i WOULDN'T BE WORRIED ABOUT IT....

some cars probably came out like that...

LEE

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bajachris88 The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 6

6,661 posts · joined Apr 2005 · 9 Oct 2010, 3:25 pm

#806752

No one would know otherwise anyways to spot it as a mod, and they would have to be pretty psyko of a vw nerd and a complete nazi for you replacing a 40 yr old thread with a bolt and nut.

Don't stress man. 👍

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waveman1500 Also rides a Honda

1,346 posts · joined Dec 2009 · 9 Oct 2010, 4:28 pm

#806766

My IRS Beetle has bolts and nuts at both ends of the shocks, which is basically the same rear-end as a Type 3, so if the factory is okay with it then it should be perfectly fine.

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jigga Officially Full-On Dubber

249 posts · joined Oct 2007 · 9 Oct 2010, 4:44 pm

#806770

great.. My only problem is that one will be standard (bolt into shock mount, no nut) and the other not. Ill try it.. if they get me to change them both to take a nut and bolt that will be ok.. seems like the easiest way to get the broken bolt out... painful bloody thing😠

wolfgang54 Officially Full-On Dubber

238 posts · joined May 2010 · 9 Oct 2010, 5:50 pm

#806778

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jsheppard64 Officially Full-On Dubber

323 posts · joined Mar 2008 · 9 Oct 2010, 7:42 pm

#806788

the thing is i had a 12.9 high tensile bolt broken in a thread once and well...
it managed to dull all my drill bits...
i ended up welding something on it and it was easy to turn out.. the heat help loosen it out a bit

jigga Officially Full-On Dubber

249 posts · joined Oct 2007 · 10 Oct 2010, 4:43 pm

#806869

wolfgang54 wrote:0415 786 306

matthew

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68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 10 Oct 2010, 5:45 pm

#806878

jigga wrote:Ok.. I have a type 3. The upper shock bolt hole/thread on one side has a broken bolt. It is not coming out no matter what I try. If i were to drill the old bolt out, get a long bolt then what I was going to use (and not use the thread inside the shock mount) and use a high tensile bolt, washer and nyloc nut on the end... can I do this?

Basically I want to not both into the shock mount and instead bolt through and use a nut at the other end.. thoughts?

hEAT WILL PROBABLY FIX THAT...
WELD SOMETHING TO THE END OF IT IF YOU CAN
OR USE OXY....
BOLT IS PROBABLY AN 8.8HI TENSILE..

LEE

- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---

byronmcmanus59 Seriously Crusin Dubber

199 posts · joined Apr 2008 · 11 Oct 2010, 6:56 pm

#807070

I don't run shocks.

JONO