Cone Shaped Front Wheel Bearing Retaining Washers
 

Just ordered two front wheel bearing retaining washers which are slightly undersized so I can put on dust caps. Don't know why Henry forgot those. Anyway, the new washers are slightly conical in shape, and I don't know if this is by design or by cheap manufacturing. I have never seen this before. Should I crush them flat or install as-is? If I install as-is, which way do they go, raised center hole facing in or out?

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I think it must be a manufacturing fault .They should be flat to work as designed .

John in same place same weather

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Flat.
Bill

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I put dust caps on my front wheels years ago and just ground down the washers that were on the car originally. Work slowly to keep them round. Remember, patience is a virtue. One of the few virtues I still have.
Marty

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Maybe they are conical to allow inward clearance; if flattened wouldn’t fit??
I’d be skeptical of getting and maintaining thrust on the bearing

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if you put them on, do they hit the top edge of the bearing? if so i would turn them around.

any i have seen have been flat.