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MG MG Y Type - running board attachment bolts

Hi All
Am looking to attach my running boards so was checking through the pot of fixings that survived , most of the fixings were swept up since the sills were very bad.
However I have got a few examples of a sort of strip washer ? It is about 2" long , 5/8" wide ,1/16 thick with a hole through the centre.
I think I remember them being used as an extra piece to spread the load along the line of the sill mounting point, almost like an extra washer .
Am I right ? Its a long time since they came off and I am maybe wrong ? If they dont fit there, anybody know where the hell they do fit ?
Thanks as always folks
John B Y4424
J K Bowman

Can you post a picture please John? I will check under my YB which is very original and unmolested (so far!).
Paul Barrow

Thanks Paul, I should have done that first time but the car was not with me .
Hope these show it ok . There is the outline of a circular washer on one side .

Cheers John B




J K Bowman

Hi All, Just putting this back to the top, I am at a bit of a loss as to where they fit if its not the running boards but they dont seem long enough for that.
John B
J K Bowman

John

To me they look like a load spreader so they would go next to the running board, then a washer and then the head of the bolt to spread the load/tension when someone steps on the wide part of the running board. That would be my guess.

Paul
Paul Barrow

My running boards still have these load spreaders when I removed them before the reno job..YT 4319
Bob Wood

Hi Both
That's what I figured Paul, just wasn't sure enough , but now confirmed by Bob. Thank you .
Another quick question - I have a good one and two crabby ones ,so i have to make a few . Do they fit on every bolt or just on the front bolts where the running board is widest ?
Thanks a lot as always guys.
John B
J K Bowman

My YB running boards also have these John though the appear to be fastened to the inside of the running board itself, probably spot welded. I would expect them to be on all bolts though I expect a large washer is just as good mechanically.
Ian
ian thomson

My plates are spot welded
Bob Wood

Thanks guys , I can work from all that info.
Onwards and upwards folks
Cheers till the next problem
John B
J K Bowman

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