[Spridgets] Fwd: [Mgs] Spring washers don't work !

Kevin Valentine kevinv1275 at gmail.com
Wed Jun 22 16:03:29 MDT 2011


On Jun 22, 2011, at 5:35 PM, WeslakeMonza1330 at aol.com wrote:

> I think you already have the expert opinion.  I don't think there  
> are  any
> spring washers on my Sprite as for some years now I've removed  
> every one
> I've found.

My uncle was an aircraft mechanic with the USAF.   In the early  
1960's he told my father (my father was a machinist) that the USAF  
would not use the spring type lock washers because they served no  
useful purpose.

They never settled that argument.

Kevin V.
Tuscarora, Pa


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