| Re: Rear hub teflon washers. |
Subject: Re: Rear hub teflon washers. by hcbph on 2018/3/10 20:40:54 The washers came in, here's my visual analysis on them: The washers came in. I'm going to try and do a visual comparison between what I remember from the oem ones I got from the Chevy parts department and put in 3 years ago vs these from Corvette Central. The oem's (again based on memory) were very even is size, rolling of the lip on the inside and Teflon coating. The coating was even in color and texture across both sides of the washers. To me it looked like the metal part was formed then it was Teflon coated. The Corvette Central part appears to have been first coated then either the cutting and rolling were done in a single operation or the washers were cut and coated then the bevel put on the inside edge. You can see what appears to be some damage to the Teflon coating in the area where the dies were used to form the rolled edge on the inside of the washer. I think had the dies been used to roll that angle prior to the Teflon coating on these, the Teflon coating would have been uniform across the washer just like the originals were. I figure when I have the need to use them, I'll grease the heck out of them first just to be safe. One last thing, I'm not sure if the Teflon on these is as thick as on the oem's. I tried to take a picture of them but I don't know it shows up that well. They're going on the parts shelf for now, about all I can say on them. |
