[Healeys] Stripped shock mount nut

[Dave Porter]

Flat washers to distribute the load and nylocs to keep them tight work for
me..
dave

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-----Original Message-----
From: healeys-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Steve B. Gerow
Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2009 8:22 AM
To: healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Stripped shock mount nut

Richard Mayor wrote:

>Belleville washers are not going to help keep shock bolts tight. Proper
>tightening, using flat washers, will do the trick.

With respect, when the bolts are torqued down, the belleville washers _are_
flat washers. Though the wikipedia article 
doesn't talk about them much as lockwashers, they're used extensively in
Alfas as lockwashers and that's why I started 
using them against aluminum surfaces in the Healey. None of my 3 Alfas ever
used a split-ring lock washer on an 
aluminum surface, as Healeys do.

FWIW - air cooled VWs use wave washers a lot on the engine - I wonder if
they act differently from bellevilles.

I know racers and aviation don't trust lockwashers - undoubtedly with good
reason, but they seem to work pretty well 
on everyday cars.


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