Washers as spacers

[smegballs]

An example of this would be using washers to pack out a wheel spindle after doing a wheel swap.

Is there anything sacrilegious about doing this? Obviously a single spacer is much less hassle to assemble, a reason manufacturers make them no doubt, but is there anything mechanically suspect about using washers in this way?

[Raffles]

The only downside that I can think of is the potential for excessive corrosion. When fabricating your own spacers you should try to replicate the materials used in the original parts in order to minimize the likelihood of chemical reactions that can occur between differening metals/alloys.
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[G]

My Husaberg came with a cut-off round head of a spanner as a wheel spacer.

However, generally I try and be fairly good with wheel spacers. In other places have often used drilled-out sockets for bigger spacers.

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[temeluchus]

Washers are ok as long as the spacer doesnt need to be absolutely precisely the right size.

I packed out the rear wheel spindle on my GSXR with washers and that was ok for as long as I owned the thing.
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