Rear Spindle Washers
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Safety Car
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Finalist 2020 C4 of the Year - Modified
Rear Spindle Washers
Lately a lot of folks have been discussing the lack of availability of the teflon coated washers needed when replacing the rear bearings. A forum member asked me about
them and I had a thought.
If the existing ones are not rusted out I think it might work to (keeping them side specific of course) respray them with Teflon dry film lubricant
such as this:
DuPont Teflon Non-Stick Dry-Film Lubricant, 14-Ounce
available here on Amazon in different sizes (for illustration purposes only, might be less expensive somewhere else, but gives you a visual of what I am talking about)
Opinions, thoughts, thrown rocks ?
them and I had a thought.
If the existing ones are not rusted out I think it might work to (keeping them side specific of course) respray them with Teflon dry film lubricant
such as this:
DuPont Teflon Non-Stick Dry-Film Lubricant, 14-Ounce
available here on Amazon in different sizes (for illustration purposes only, might be less expensive somewhere else, but gives you a visual of what I am talking about)
Opinions, thoughts, thrown rocks ?
Last edited by drcook; Dec 22, 2020 at 10:11 AM.
Melting Slicks
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That might just work. assuming the washers are not missing, when I did my rear bearing a few years ago there were no washers in there, guess the P.O didn't bother with them. I have washers in there now though.
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Safety Car
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Finalist 2020 C4 of the Year - Modified
I am thinking that they are there to allow torqueing without binding/galling. Thinking it through, they give some rotary relief when torqueing to the high value that those nuts need/are spec'ed at.
