Quick one for those who know

Original single wedge washers for the cv boots OR nordlock double wedge washers (slightly bigger still m8)

Thanks i n advance

 

Well i will be using these I purchased on a recommendation on here

 

I've only just discovered the nordlock washers - for inlet manifolds incidentally - and I like the look of them. They make sense from an engineering mechanics point of view.

 

They are similar go the original only in double form, we use them on the railway so foc, just wondered what's best o.e or nordlock,

 

Out of interest, how do the bottom ones work as the wedge looks the wrong way around?

 

The bottom ones are o.e the top ones are nordlock

 

Turn them over I think

 

Are they single sided...one side flat, one side wedged?

 

The ones that are fitted are wedged both sides to enable a"grip" same as the nordlock, wedged both sides just a different degree of wedge on the nordlock, if that makes sense

 

It does - I guess its an optical illusion in the pic.

You should launch in on the internet as one of those pictures that sends young uns in to a frenzy...

 

But is it blue or gold,

 

WHITE!

 

Well that's thrown me, I am colour blind after all

 

I think the answer is the Schnorr washers are a better fit under the heads of the socket head bolts , the Nordlock will be mostly uncovered.

 

What did VW fit ??

Oh yes , Schnorr washers - what`s the problem with that then ....

 

M8 for cv joint bolts? Ignore this completely saw they are M8 in the OP

 

Use the correct torque with the bolts and Schnorr washers and make sure you have the spreader plates fitted so if any sliding around of the bolts in the holes in the joints happens on shock loads (wheel spin on mud or ice hits grippy tarmac) the bolts are still locked to the plates. That way you have three springy loops attaching the CV joint.

 

I think the big ones won’t fit in the available space