[Healeys] Brake backing plate bolts

[Michael Oritt]

Mark--

Since the bolts are not--or at least should not--be rotating you don't need
lock washers.
Yes, you should have flat washers under both the bolt and nut to spread the
load.

Best--Michael Oritt

On Sat, May 7, 2022 at 6:27 PM Mark Donaldson via Healeys <
healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:

> Learned gentlemen,
>
>
>
> When I took the backing plates off the rear axle of my ’62 BT7 race car
> the four bolts each side had Nyloc nuts, with lock washers underneath.
>
> With the lock washer in place the top of the thread did not connect with
> the nylon – but it did with the washer removed.
>
> The parts book shows just the bolts and nuts.  It does not show any
> washers.
>
> As the car was built in Hayward, CA, in the mid-seventies as a track car,
> there is much about it which is not standard.
>
>
>
> My questions are:
>
>    1. Are the Nyloc nuts correct and, if not, what should be there?
>    2. Is it correct to have no washers under the nuts?  I would have
>    though it correct to have at least a thin flat washer, even though the
>    parts book appears to show none.
>
>
>
> Mark
>
>
>
> Ardmore
>
> NZ
>
>
>
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