Flat Washers

Mini bike flat washers have a variety of uses and complement fasteners, screws, and bolts in various ways. Check out the many sizes available at OMB Warehouse. Also known as plain washers, the purpose of mini bike flat washers is to distribute the fastener’s load while reducing heat and friction during the tightening process. They can also be used as spacers and may be used on either the bolt side, the nut side or both sides of the fastener. Flat washers help to distribute the force of tightening the nut by increasing the surface area. They may also be useful as spacers when a bolt may be a bit too long for the job. The main role of flat washers is to increase the size of a screw’s bearing surface area and reduce the surface pressure applied on the fastened object. Looseness can result when the bearing surface sinks under the surface pressure, so using a flat washer to reduce the surface pressure is very effective. This is especially crucial if the contact area between a screw’s bearing surface and the object being fastened is small as in mini bikes when fastening to a slot, for instance, or if the object being fastened is made of soft material such as aluminum.