[Shop-talk] Tabbed axle washers

[Karl Vacek]

Ummm, yeah, sure......

I'll do this to take off a thousandth or two on a thrust washer, and in fact 
that's how I turned decent flat washers into relatively true-thickness shims 
for the bearings, but to take off .040" or so ??

Maybe I'm just lazy  ;-)



>> If you have washers that are too thick, some quality time with a grinder
>> would make them thinner... or if you can source a D-type spindle washer 
>> in
>> the appropriate sizes, you could grind/file the flat into a tang.
>
> Or just some 400 grit and a flat plate - ceramic tiles are great for this 
> kind of thing. Use a "figure 8" motion and measure often.