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To those of you who go to hardware stores and think all metric bolts are equal - think again. If my memory serves me correctly these steering box bolts are grade 10 if not grade 12. They are most certainly not 8.8
Please do not downgrade original specifications - it is potentially dangerous - especially on something like steering box bolts.
Like most of the posters in this thread so far I am sure the "must always replace with new" problem is loctite related rather than anything else. However, if you are in doubt, then follow the instructions in the FSM. This is the final "argument / discussion killer" =>
According to MB Atlanta the part numbers are
1299901101 alternative number 1169900701 alternative number 1169900601
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