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Date:         Sun, 18 Apr 1999 07:15:17 -0400
Reply-To:     "Horace K. Sawyer" <firestream@MINDSPRING.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         "Horace K. Sawyer" <firestream@MINDSPRING.COM>
Subject:      Re: washer spacers 15" wheels bolt drum
In-Reply-To:  <19990417.201125.6791.1.kdlewis@juno.com>
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Conversion to 15" rims and 205/75/15 Bridgestone 689 LT  on  91 auto Westy.


As a test, mounted rears with lock washers sized the width the bolt
protruding from brake drum. Will the narrow lock washers cause the wheel to
distort?


Is a hardened washer a sufficient spacer for this application?  Perhaps a
washer with more surface area would be better for pressure distribution?


Archives showed one member simply removed the bolts from the drums, no need
for spacers then.  I have no experience inside a brake drum.  Could this
procedure harm anything?


I question whether this 'spacer' procedure with washers is safe -- but
then, why would it not be?




Thanks


HK Sawyer
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