Preventing Paint Chipping Near Bolts

Hey all,

I've just finished a lot of my parts with their paint coats, pretty exciting! I put my float bowls back on (now painted black) and as I torqued down one of the allen heads (not over-torqued) the first thing that happened was a nice flake of new paint chipped off around the bolt. As I think about it, it seems that new paint around bolt heads will end up getting chipped pretty frequently under pressure of tightening. Do you put washers in? O-rings? What is the solution to flaking paint around bolt heads?

Thanks!

Washers are the answer.

Does it matter nylon or steel?

fiedler.casey said:

Does it matter nylon or steel?

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If it is a fastener that needs a torque spec I would not use nylon. If they are just snug fit, nylon might work.