<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Mark,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I checked another rear end yesterday that had never been apart and it also has the nyloc nuts and no washers. </div><div class=""><br class=""><div apple-content-edited="true" class="">
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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On May 7, 2022, at 6:21 PM, Michael Oritt via Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" class="">healeys@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">Mark--</div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">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:#3333ff">Yes, you should have flat washers under both the bolt and nut to spread the load.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">Best--Michael Oritt</div></div><br class=""><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" class="">healeys@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br class=""></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" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" class=""><div class="gmail-m_5714985739595102458WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif" class="">Learned gentlemen,<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif" class="">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 class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif" class="">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 class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif" class="">The parts book shows just the bolts and nuts. It does not show any washers.<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif" class="">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 class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif" class="">My questions are: <u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><ol style="margin-top:0cm" start="1" type="1" class=""><li class="gmail-m_5714985739595102458MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif" class="">Are the Nyloc nuts correct and, if not, what should be there?<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></li><li class="gmail-m_5714985739595102458MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif" class="">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 class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></li></ol><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif" class="">Mark<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif" class="">Ardmore<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif" class="">NZ<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif" class=""><image002.png></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif" class=""><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p></div></div>_______________________________________________<br class="">
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