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Mystery Parts Help!

Started by johnR , Apr 02 2018 07:37 AM

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#1 johnR

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Posted 02 April 2018 - 07:37 AM

Can anyone identify these washers/shims? they are 38mm x 2mm thick and must have come from my gearbox or engine. I've searched Haynes manuals and Minispares parts lists without success. I feel they must have come from a shaft because of the size of them but can't for the life of me place them!

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#2 Sprocket

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Posted 02 April 2018 - 08:09 AM

Subframe tower bolts maybe?

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#3 johnR

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Posted 02 April 2018 - 09:29 AM

They can only have come from the engine or gearbox as I haven't taken anything else apart

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#4 Carlos W

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Posted 02 April 2018 - 09:33 AM

They're not tower bolt washers, they're not big enough

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#5 johnR

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Posted 02 April 2018 - 09:44 AM

They're unmarked by having a nut or bolt tightened on to them so not washers and still have machining marks so this suggests they can't be a shim as one face at least would be polished, also they must come from a pair of locations otherwise one thicker spacer? would have been used?

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#6 johnR

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Posted 03 April 2018 - 09:57 AM

It appears no-one recognises these parts as being Mini - I can only think they slipped into the batch of parts I took for zinc plating - it will probably come to me in the middle of the night in a months time!!