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Re: [Healeys] Brake backing plate bolts

To: Ricchardd Mayor <boyracer466@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Brake backing plate bolts
From: Michael Salter <michaelsalter@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 9 May 2022 12:01:34 -0400
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Yep Richard according to the parts books that's correct for 6 cylinder
cars.
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.

M

On Mon., May 9, 2022, 11:41 a.m. Ricchardd Mayor, <boyracer466@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Mark,
>
> I checked another rear end yesterday that had never been apart and it als=
o
> has the nyloc nuts and no washers.
>
> Richard Mayor
> boyracer466@gmail.com
>
>
> On May 7, 2022, at 6:21 PM, Michael Oritt via Healeys <
> healeys@autox.team.net> wrote:
>
> Mark--
>
> Since the bolts are not--or at least should not--be rotating you don't
> need lock washers.
> Yes, you should have flat washers under both the bolt and nut to
> spread the load.
>
> Best--Michael Oritt
>
> On Sat, May 7, 2022 at 6:27 PM Mark Donaldson via Healeys <
> healeys@autox.team.net> wrote:
>
>> Learned gentlemen,
>>
>>
>>
>> When I took the backing plates off the rear axle of my =E2=80=9962 BT7 r=
ace 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> My questions are:
>>
>>    1. Are the Nyloc nuts correct and, if not, what should be there?
>>    2. 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 th=
e
>>    parts book appears to show none.
>>
>>
>>
>> Mark
>>
>>
>>
>> Ardmore
>>
>> NZ
>>
>>
>>
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<div dir=3D"auto">Yep Richard according to the parts books that&#39;s corre=
ct for 6 cylinder cars.=C2=A0<div dir=3D"auto">As a matter of interest the =
late BN1&#39;s and BN2&#39;s ( 5 stud hub) use 8 plain nuts but call for on=
ly 4 spring washers?? Weird ... I&#39;ll have to look into that one ... the=
re has to be a good reason.</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"au=
to">M</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"g=
mail_attr">On Mon., May 9, 2022, 11:41 a.m. Ricchardd Mayor, &lt;<a href=3D=
"mailto:boyracer466@gmail.com"; target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer">boyrace=
r466@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" st=
yle=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div =
style=3D"word-wrap:break-word">Mark,<div><br></div><div>I checked another r=
ear end yesterday that had never been apart and it also has the nyloc nuts =
and no washers.=C2=A0</div><div><br><div>
Richard=C2=A0Mayor<br><a href=3D"mailto:boyracer466@gmail.com"; rel=3D"noref=
errer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">boyracer466@gmail.com</a><br><br>

</div>
<br><div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div>On May 7, 2022, at 6:21 PM, Michael=
 Oritt via Healeys &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:healeys@autox.team.net"; rel=3D"nor=
eferrer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">healeys@autox.team.net</a>&gt; wrote:=
</div><br><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"color=
:#3333ff">Mark--</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"color:#3333ff">=
<br></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"color:#3333ff">Since the bo=
lts are not--or at least should not--be rotating you don&#39;t need lock wa=
shers.</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"color:#3333ff">Yes, you s=
hould have flat=C2=A0washers under both the bolt and nut to spread=C2=A0the=
 load.</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"color:#3333ff"><br></div>=
<div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"color:#3333ff">Best--Michael Oritt</d=
iv></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_att=
r">On Sat, May 7, 2022 at 6:27 PM Mark Donaldson via Healeys &lt;<a href=3D=
"mailto:healeys@autox.team.net"; rel=3D"noreferrer noreferrer" target=3D"_bl=
ank">healeys@autox.team.net</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gm=
ail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,=
204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang=3D"EN-NZ"><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal">=
<span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"=
>Learned gentlemen,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span la=
ng=3D"EN-US" style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><u></u>=
=C2=A0<u></u></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=
=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">When I took the backing p=
lates off the rear axle of my =E2=80=9962 BT7 race car the four bolts each =
side had Nyloc nuts, with lock washers underneath.<u></u><u></u></span></p>=
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-fa=
mily:Tahoma,sans-serif">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 remove=
d.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US" styl=
e=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">The parts book shows jus=
t the bolts and nuts.=C2=A0 It does not show any washers.<u></u><u></u></sp=
an></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"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=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=
=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></spa=
n></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"font-size:10pt;f=
ont-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">My questions are:=C2=A0 <u></u><u></u></span>=
</p><ol style=3D"margin-top:0cm" start=3D"1" type=3D"1"><li style=3D"margin=
-left:0cm"><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"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=3D"margin-left:0cm"><span lang=3D"EN-US" =
style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">Is it correct to hav=
e no washers under the nuts?=C2=A0 I would have though it correct to have a=
t least a thin flat washer, even though the parts book appears to show none=
.<u></u><u></u></span></li></ol><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US"=
 style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u=
></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"font-size:=
10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">Mark<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class=
=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Tah=
oma,sans-serif"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span=
 lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">Ardm=
ore<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US" sty=
le=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">NZ<u></u><u></u></span>=
</p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"font-size:10pt;fon=
t-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></span></p><p class=3D"MsoN=
ormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans=
-serif">&lt;image002.png&gt;</span><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"font-size:=
10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div>__=
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