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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-NZ link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>To all of you who replied to my question – Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Bill</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>, I think you are right on the button with your assumption. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Half of the Nyloc nuts had little or no locking nylon and were visibly ‘chewed’, quite likely by a Neanderthal mechanic. Luckily I had good spares to replace them.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Dusting off the shelves at the back of my memory banks I remembered I had an old rear axle in my loft.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>There were the nuts – in perfect condition – protected by decades of oily road film and dust - <b>with no washers</b>, as you had all told me.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Mark<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Ardmore, NZ<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> WILLIAM B LAWRENCE <ynotink@msn.com> <br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, 8 May 2022 1:09 PM<br><b>To:</b> Ricchardd Mayor via Healeys <healeys@autox.team.net>; Mark Donaldson <ardmorebusiness@xtra.co.nz>; Ricchardd Mayor <boyracer466@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] Brake backing plate bolts<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"inherit",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"inherit",serif'>Sounds like someone was using the original nylocks and didn't trust them to lock a second time. Thus the redundant lock washers.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"inherit",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"inherit",serif'>Bill Lawrence<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"inherit",serif'>BN1 #554<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=2 width="98%" align=center></div><div id=divRplyFwdMsg><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='color:black'> Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net">healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a>> on behalf of Ricchardd Mayor via Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a>><br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, May 8, 2022 1:00 AM<br><b>To:</b> Mark Donaldson <<a href="mailto:ardmorebusiness@xtra.co.nz">ardmorebusiness@xtra.co.nz</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> Healey List <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] Brake backing plate bolts</span> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I recently disassembled a rear end to convert to disc brakes. The backing plates were held on only with nyloc nuts - no washers. <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Richard Mayor<br><a href="mailto:boyracer466@gmail.com">boyracer466@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>On May 7, 2022, at 3:27 PM, Mark Donaldson via Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Learned gentlemen,</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;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.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;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.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>The parts book shows just the bolts and nuts. It does not show any washers.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;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.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>My questions are: <span class=xapple-converted-space> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><ol style='margin-top:0cm' start=1 type=1><li class=xmsolistparagraph style='margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Are the Nyloc nuts correct and, if not, what should be there?</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=xmsolistparagraph style='margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;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.</span><o:p></o:p></li></ol><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Mark</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Ardmore</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>NZ</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><image002.png></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>_______________________________________________<br>Support<span class=xapple-converted-space> </span></span><a href="http://team.net/"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Team.Net</span></a><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'> </span><a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>http://www.team.net/donate.html</span></a><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><br>Suggested annual donation $12.75<br><br>Archive:<span class=xapple-converted-space> </span></span><a href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys</span></a><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'> </span><a href="http://autox.team.net/archive/healeys"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>http://autox.team.net/archive/healeys</span></a><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><br><br></span><a href="mailto:Healeys@autox.team.net"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Healeys@autox.team.net</span></a><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><br></span><a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys</span></a><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><br><br>Unsubscribe/Manage:<span class=xapple-converted-space> </span></span><a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/boyracer466@gmail.com"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/boyracer466@gmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>