And FWIW, Spoke with fellow at local Fastenal and he knew about the Belleville washer. This might be a source for this part. Like some others though, the union between manifold and J-pipe on my 1988 appears to be the stock donut and 3 nut/bolts. It seems like it's lasted 136K km's. Thanks for link to those pages David. Neil. On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 5:58 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote: > > > Wavy washers are something entirely different, and if Van Cafe are > using them in that application they're using the wrong thing. There > are a number of places on the van that use wavy washers (which are > springy, but with nothing like the strength of a Belleville > washer). ETKA clearly says "concave washer" which is the generic name. > > http://www.internationalsprings.com/wave_spring_washers.htm > http://www.internationalsprings.com/disc_spring_intro.htm > > Yrs, > d
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