
05-17-2013, 08:12 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Sydney,
NSW
Cobra Make, Engine: Puckett 250 GTO - LS1
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What's become of the humble spring washer?
It’s more than three decades since I ‘played’ with cars or did any real hands-on engineering and now that I’m starting the final assembly of my kit car I’ve become aware that all the components I salvaged from the donor car (’05 GM product) were secured without spring washers. All appear to have flat washers integrated with the bolt head or nut – which I assume expedites assembly but I’m wondering what’s happened to the humble spring washer and what in the design of current fasteners compensates for their function.
Last edited by PeterAllen; 05-18-2013 at 06:49 PM..
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