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Re: [Healeys] Brake backing plate bolts

To: Mark Donaldson <ardmorebusiness@xtra.co.nz>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Brake backing plate bolts
From: Ricchardd Mayor via Healeys <healeys@autox.team.net>
Date: Sat, 7 May 2022 18:00:10 -0700
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I recently disassembled a rear end to convert to disc brakes. The =
backing plates were held on only with nyloc nuts - no washers.=20


Richard Mayor
boyracer466@gmail.com


> On May 7, 2022, at 3:27 PM, Mark Donaldson via Healeys =
<healeys@autox.team.net> wrote:
>=20
> Learned gentlemen,
> =20
> When I took the backing plates off the rear axle of my =E2=80=9962 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 =E2=80=93 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.
> =20
> My questions are: =20
> 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.
> =20
> Mark
> =20
> Ardmore
> NZ
> =20
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<html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html =
charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; =
-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" =
class=3D"">I recently disassembled a rear end to convert to disc brakes. =
The backing plates were held on only with nyloc nuts - no =
washers.&nbsp;<div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D""><br =
class=3D""><div apple-content-edited=3D"true" class=3D"">
Richard&nbsp;Mayor<br class=3D""><a href=3D"mailto:boyracer466@gmail.com"; =
class=3D"">boyracer466@gmail.com</a><br class=3D""><br class=3D"">

</div>
<br class=3D""><div><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div =
class=3D"">On May 7, 2022, at 3:27 PM, Mark Donaldson via Healeys &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:healeys@autox.team.net"; =
class=3D"">healeys@autox.team.net</a>&gt; wrote:</div><br =
class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><div =
class=3D"WordSection1" style=3D"page: WordSection1; font-family: =
Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; =
font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; =
orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: =
none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; =
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div style=3D"margin: 0cm; font-size: =
11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=3D""><span lang=3D"EN-US" =
style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" =
class=3D"">Learned gentlemen,<o:p class=3D""></o:p></span></div><div =
style=3D"margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, =
sans-serif;" class=3D""><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"font-size: 10pt; =
font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class=3D"">&nbsp;</span></div><div =
style=3D"margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, =
sans-serif;" class=3D""><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"font-size: 10pt; =
font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class=3D"">When I took the backing =
plates off the rear axle of my =E2=80=9962 BT7 race car the four bolts =
each side had Nyloc nuts, with lock washers underneath.<o:p =
class=3D""></o:p></span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0cm; font-size: =
11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=3D""><span lang=3D"EN-US" =
style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" =
class=3D"">With the lock washer in place the top of the thread did not =
connect with the nylon =E2=80=93 but it did with the washer removed.<o:p =
class=3D""></o:p></span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0cm; font-size: =
11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=3D""><span lang=3D"EN-US" =
style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class=3D"">The=
 parts book shows just the bolts and nuts.&nbsp; It does not show any =
washers.<o:p class=3D""></o:p></span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0cm; =
font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=3D""><span =
lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, =
sans-serif;" class=3D"">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.<o:p class=3D""></o:p></span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0cm; =
font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=3D""><span =
lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, =
sans-serif;" class=3D"">&nbsp;</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0cm; =
font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=3D""><span =
lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, =
sans-serif;" class=3D"">My questions are:&nbsp;<span =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><o:p =
class=3D""></o:p></span></div><ol start=3D"1" type=3D"1" =
style=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;" class=3D""><li =
class=3D"MsoListParagraph" style=3D"margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; =
font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang=3D"EN-US" =
style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class=3D"">Are=
 the Nyloc nuts correct and, if not, what should be there?<o:p =
class=3D""></o:p></span></li><li class=3D"MsoListParagraph" =
style=3D"margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, =
sans-serif;"><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: =
Tahoma, sans-serif;" class=3D"">Is it correct to have no washers under =
the nuts?&nbsp; I would have though it correct to have at least a thin =
flat washer, even though the parts book appears to show none.<o:p =
class=3D""></o:p></span></li></ol><div style=3D"margin: 0cm; font-size: =
11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=3D""><span lang=3D"EN-US" =
style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" =
class=3D"">&nbsp;</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0cm; font-size: =
11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=3D""><span lang=3D"EN-US" =
style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" =
class=3D"">Mark<o:p class=3D""></o:p></span></div><div style=3D"margin: =
0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=3D""><span =
lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, =
sans-serif;" class=3D"">&nbsp;</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0cm; =
font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=3D""><span =
lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, =
sans-serif;" class=3D"">Ardmore<o:p class=3D""></o:p></span></div><div =
style=3D"margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, =
sans-serif;" class=3D""><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"font-size: 10pt; =
font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class=3D"">NZ<o:p =
class=3D""></o:p></span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0cm; font-size: =
11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=3D""><span lang=3D"EN-US" =
style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" =
class=3D"">&nbsp;</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0cm; font-size: =
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