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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