steering column bracket
 

Doing a ground up resto on my 79 911, & I want to get the steering shaft support bracket off the dash.
WTF are the fasteners that hold the bracket to the dash? Looks like a round nut on both sides

Thanks for your help

Looks like they are called "shear bolts"

Yes they are shear bolts. Drill them out and replace w new. Just a bolt that the head snaps off at a given torque. There is a thread here about how to get the steering wheel shaft out without removing the column. I'll see if I can dig it up.

just use vise-grips to remove

Here ya go:

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-911-technical-forum/704056-steering-shaft-removal-w-o-removing-column.html

Thanks gents
I'll get it done today