It may not matter with removing the lock washers. They don't actually do anything and they cost something, If there is no flat washer below it it can make the joint less effective, by reducing the area through which the clamping force is transferred. You also don't want flat washers that are incorrectly sized like the next size up.
Cars now last 200,000 miles and more. These are the details that make this possible. On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 1:31 PM, Cor van de Water <cwa...@proxim.com> wrote: > Ehhhh, if something has worked well for 50k miles, why change? > I mean - it is good to check that all terminals are tight, but why > remove > lock washers when they appear to be working like they should? > > Cor van de Water > Chief Scientist > Proxim Wireless Corporation http://www.proxim.com > Email: cwa...@proxim.com Private: http://www.cvandewater.info > Skype: cor_van_de_water Tel: +1 408 383 7626 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: ev-boun...@lists.evdl.org [mailto:ev-boun...@lists.evdl.org] On > Behalf Of tomw > Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2014 6:04 AM > To: ev@lists.evdl.org > Subject: Re: [EVDL] Keeping LiFePO4 battery terminals tight every 10k > miles > > /Oops, I've not done this once in 50k miles! I used the Calb-supplied > hardware, which was stainless hex bolts, stainless washers and what > looked > like spring steel lock washers. Can't get NoAlOx here so didn't use > it.. / > Well quick, get out there and tighten them! And while you are at it, > remove > those lock washers! :^)) > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Keeping-LiF > ePO4-battery-terminals-tight-every-10k-miles-tp4667172p4667266.html<http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Keeping-LiFePO4-battery-terminals-tight-every-10k-miles-tp4667172p4667266.html> > Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at > Nabble.com. > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA > (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA ( > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > -- Put this question to yourself: should I use everyone else to attain happiness, or should I help others gain happiness? *Dalai Lama * Tell me what it is you plan to do With your one wild and precious life? Mary Oliver, "The summer day." To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. Thomas A. Edison<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/t/thomasaed125362.html> A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought. *Warren Buffet* Michael E. Ross (919) 550-2430 Land (919) 576-0824 <https://www.google.com/voice/b/0?pli=1#phones> Google Phone (919) 631-1451 Cell (919) 513-0418 Desk michael.e.r...@gmail.com <michael.e.r...@gmail.com> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20140108/0f5a4d3b/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
