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Re: [Fot] hardened washers

To: <Guyots3@wmconnect.com>, <fot@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Fot] hardened washers
From: "Barr, Scott" <sbarr@McCarty-Law.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 10:42:15 -0500
Summit Racing sells these as a distributor, at somewhat lower prices
than buying from ARP directly.  Two days regular shipping to Appleton,
probably the same to Fond du Lac.

Scott

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Cc: Ryan Murphy; Ryan.Murphy@fdlco.wi.gov
Subject: Re: [Fot] hardened washers

In a message dated 7/8/2008 5:15:56 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
fot-request@autox.team.net writes:

> To: "'FOT'" <fot@autox.team.net>
> Cc: Ryan Murphy <rpm724@att.net>,    "Ryan Murphy \(work\)"
>     <Ryan.Murphy@fdlco.wi.gov>
>
> I'm looking for hardened and ground washers for the cylinder head nuts

> and the rocker stud nuts.  Been reading Carroll Smith's book on
> fasteners and he makes sense to use these washers in this application,

> especially the cylinder head which has spot faced locations for the
> washers.  I have washer from Moss but they all are "crushed" and
> obviously not very hard.  (Checked with a file and they are just plain

> washers as far as I can tell, the right size though,
> almost.)  On the rocker studs, I had used double Gr. 8 washers and
> they still got "dished" into the rocker pedestal holes.  I'm wondering

> if some of the rocker pedestal stud breakage is from not having a good

> hardened and ground washer under the nut and the nut loosing it's
> tension and/or bending causing the breakage that has been reported.
> This has probably been discussed and maybe everyone is already using
> these type of washers.  I'm still pretty new at this and still have a
lot to learn.
>
> Would appreciate anyone who has a source for these type of washers in
> the size needed.  Did the usual Google thing and haven't come up with
> a supplier who would sell just 20 or so.
>
> Thanks,
> Tim
> 1961 TR4 #317

Tim,

ARP or Coast Fabrications both supply such washers, you will need
measurements when ordering, including thickness.

Also get their catalogs.

Leon

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