<div dir="ltr">Michael<div><br></div><div>This reminds me of a major problem that I had with Nyloc nuts. When I was working on a BN1 rear hub a well-known supplier offered me Nylocs rather than the standard all-metal wheel nuts.</div><div><br></div><div>I fitted the nuts and torqued up to the usual figure of about 65 <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Roboto,sans-serif">p</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Roboto,sans-serif">ou</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Roboto,sans-serif">nds-feet</span>. After some miles of running the hub extension became loose and started to work through the wheel studs. I managed to stop with only two studs remaining. I was lucky because I could have lost the whole wheel on a busy A road.</div><div><br></div><div>After checking I realized that using Nyloc nuts torqued to the standard tightness was not right. I now, if I use them at all. fit the nuts and test what torque reading is used just to turn the nut loose on the wheel stud; it is about 20 <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Roboto,sans-serif">pounds-feet in my case. I then add</span> this torque measurement to give about 85 <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Roboto,sans-serif">pounds-feet;</span> 20 for the nut and 65 left to do the job as originally intended</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, 9 May 2022 at 17:02, Michael Salter <<a href="mailto:michaelsalter@gmail.com">michaelsalter@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Yep Richard according to the parts books that's correct for 6 cylinder cars. <div dir="auto">As a matter of interest the late BN1's and BN2's ( 5 stud hub) use 8 plain nuts but call for only 4 spring washers?? Weird ... I'll have to look into that one ... there has to be a good reason.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">M</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon., May 9, 2022, 11:41 a.m. Ricchardd Mayor, <<a href="mailto:boyracer466@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">boyracer466@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">Mark,<div><br></div><div>I checked another rear end yesterday that had never been apart and it also has the nyloc nuts and no washers. </div><div><br><div>
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<br><div><blockquote type="cite"><div>On May 7, 2022, at 6:21 PM, Michael Oritt via Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">healeys@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:</div><br><div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(51,51,255)">Mark--</div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(51,51,255)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(51,51,255)">Since the bolts are not--or at least should not--be rotating you don't need lock washers.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(51,51,255)">Yes, you should have flat washers under both the bolt and nut to spread the load.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(51,51,255)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(51,51,255)">Best--Michael Oritt</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, May 7, 2022 at 6:27 PM Mark Donaldson via Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">healeys@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-NZ"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">Learned gentlemen,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">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.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">With the lock washer in place the top of the thread did not connect with the nylon – but it did with the washer removed.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">The parts book shows just the bolts and nuts. It does not show any washers.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">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.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">My questions are: <u></u><u></u></span></p><ol style="margin-top:0cm" start="1" type="1"><li style="margin-left:0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">Are the Nyloc nuts correct and, if not, what should be there?<u></u><u></u></span></li><li style="margin-left:0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">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.<u></u><u></u></span></li></ol><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">Mark<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">Ardmore<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">NZ<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><image002.png></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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