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Re: locking steering column

To: spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: locking steering column
From: Fred Griffiths <griffco@mail.cadvision.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 23:27:03 -0600
Re MK 3 steering locks,
        Jonmac said:

> I do know it was clamped around the steering
> outer column and held in place with two left hand threaded bolts with shear
> off heads. The reason they were left-handed was mainly to deter a would-be
> thief. It was assumed the thief would undo the bolt anti-clockwise and in
> this case the bolt-head would shear. 

Regarding MK IV locks:
        They do have right hand threads, but when inserted and tightened to the 
correct 
tension, the heads shear off, leaving no head.  The only way to remove them is 
to drill 
and use Easy Out or similar.

Cheers, Fred
-- 
Fred & Wendy Griffiths
Calgary, Canada
mailto: griffco@cadvision.com
http://www.cadvision.com/griffco/index.htm


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