[Vwdiesel] Torque to Yield

[Shalyn Shourds]

I'm making some good progress on my '00 Jetta front end project, but it 
seems like every bolt I pull out of it is a TTY bolt.  I'm probably 
going to be out nearly $100 replacing just those.  Knowing that cars 
stayed together before those were implemented, is there a guideline for 
substituting in non-stretch bolts?  I recently did the front end of my 
'85 and I only had to replace a few lock nuts.  The system as it is has 
lasted 280,000 miles so I don't know if I'll ever have to go back in 
there again, but I guess I'm wondering just for engineering knowledge's 
sake.  I do have access to a reasonably large store whose only product 
is metric hardware, so there's a good chance that I could find equivalents.


-Shalyn