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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From: fot-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:fot-bounces@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Guyots3@wmconnect.com
Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 10:31 AM
To: fot@autox.team.net
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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