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Nylon Washers for Heater Control Lever
cam070 - February 20th, 2012 at 06:01 PM

Just wondering if anyone knows where I can source the nylon washers for the heater control levers.

I know the likes of RS Components sell them, but you can only get them in boxes of 50, which is about 46 more than i need.

FYI, this is the type of thing I need, but just the washers:

Heater lever control kit

pod - February 20th, 2012 at 07:15 PM

whats the inner and outside size ? as we use some nylon washers at work ,but only in limited sizes

cam070 - February 20th, 2012 at 07:35 PM

Hi pod. I'D is 8mm. OD is 27mm but the OD is not critical. Cheers cam

1303Steve - February 20th, 2012 at 10:06 PM

Hi

If you cant find any you could make some with some flat sheet and a hole saw.

Steve

pod - February 21st, 2012 at 03:52 PM

ok cam will have a look to see what we have

pod - February 22nd, 2012 at 03:51 PM

didnt have any that size so made you some out of black delrin in the lathe ..pm me your address and i put them in the post for you,and was it 2 or 4 you need?:tu:

cam070 - February 22nd, 2012 at 05:37 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by pod
didnt have any that size so made you some out of black delrin in the lathe ..pm me your address and i put them in the post for you,and was it 2 or 4 you need?:tu:


What a CHAMPION! Thanks a million Pod. PM sent!

BTW I needed 4.

Cheers
Cam

pod - February 22nd, 2012 at 07:24 PM

no pm as yet:?:

cam070 - February 22nd, 2012 at 09:11 PM

Ok pm'ed again. Replied to yours

pod - February 22nd, 2012 at 10:14 PM

got pm back so will pop in the post tomorrow:tu:

cam070 - February 24th, 2012 at 11:17 PM

Again Pod, thanks for coming to the aid of my resto. Here are some pics:

The old and mostly has it factory washers with the custom machines Delrin washers from Pod.
Assembly stage with cleaned/painted components. Washers are a perfect fit.
And all assembled, just needing final adjustment down the track

In case anyone was wondering what Delrin was. It's a DuPont product, tradename for Acetal. Properties from their site are:

"Delrin® acetal resin bridges the gap between metals and ordinary plastics with a unique combination of creep resistance, strength, stiffness, hardness, dimensional stability, toughness, fatigue resistance, solvent and fuel resistance, abrasion resistance, low wear and low friction."

Sounds perfect for the job.