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YLYL Nylon Washer Assortment

My washer purchases include both metal and nylon options. This assortment adds size and material choices around the small brackets and profile connections that filled the roof project.

By Steven Smith · Camper Van Freedom

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The drilled connectors and fasteners joining my added extrusion to the roof rack.
The drilled connectors and fasteners joining my added extrusion to the roof rack.

The item in my kit

I bought YLYL Nylon Washer Assortment as part of my camper van equipment.

My washer purchases include both metal and nylon options. This assortment adds size and material choices around the small brackets and profile connections that filled the roof project.

Where it fits my build

For the light bar, I cut an added extrusion beam and made three short drilled connectors. The rack side used quarter-twenty hardware, while the smaller 2020 extrusion used M5 hardware.

The different nuts changed the assembly sequence. A rack nut had to slide in through an opening, which meant undoing bolts I had already tightened; the smaller nuts could move and spin while I tried to start a bolt. I used an Allen key to reposition them.

The profiles and joint hardware during my roof-mount assembly.
The profiles and joint hardware during my roof-mount assembly.

My build notes

The cutting and drilling made the components, but positioning the small hardware took its own time. I recorded the difference between inserting the rack nuts and fishing the smaller nuts into place because it affected how the joint went together.

The profile, connector shape, bolt and slot nut all contributed to the assembly sequence.

Alternative products

Two alternatives to compare

Sutemribor offers another multi-size nylon assortment. The uxcell M5 pack concentrates on one size instead of a divided selection.

Sutemribor Nylon Washer Assortment

Sutemribor Nylon Washer Assortment

This Sutemribor set groups nylon flat washers in several metric sizes. The divided assortment provides different hole sizes in one nonmetal washer kit.

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uxcell M5 Nylon Flat Washers

uxcell M5 Nylon Flat Washers

These M5 washers use clear nylon rather than metal. Their flat circular profile provides a thin spacer around a fastener shank.

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Questions from my build

Which hardware sizes appeared in the light-bar mount?

Quarter-twenty hardware on the rack side and M5 hardware on the added 2020 profile.

What slowed down starting the small bolts?

The loose nuts moved or spun in the channel and needed repositioning.

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