Help me decode ETKA readouts

[fahrvegnugen at cox.net (David Utley)]

> 
> From: Don Walter <dswalterwi@gmail.com>
> Date: 2004/12/20 Mon PM 11:35:44 EST
> To: GGehrke <ggehrke@gmail.com>
> CC: Scirocco list <Scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Subject: Re: Help me decode ETKA readouts
> 
> I'm kind of interested as well.
> 
> I do know for the bolts that the 1st number (M8) is the thread size,
> the next number is the pitch of the threads, and the last number is
> the length.  then they usually have some thing after that like z3 or
> sw11.  I don't have any idea what those mean.

I have been looking for as long as I have been here (three years plus) and I have not had any luck.  I even called VW and they had no clue!  Perhaps someone from overseas may have some suggestions?

David

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