[Healeys] Brake backing plate bolts

[Ricchardd Mayor]

Mark,

I checked another rear end yesterday that had never been apart and it also has the nyloc nuts and no washers. 

Richard Mayor
boyracer466 at gmail.com


> On May 7, 2022, at 6:21 PM, Michael Oritt via Healeys <healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> 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 <mailto: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: 
> 
> Are the Nyloc nuts correct and, if not, what should be there?
> 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
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>  
> 
> Ardmore
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> NZ
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