Copper crush washer; which is better thick or thin

72bluNblu said

Annealing the thicker washer should work, at least to a point. Definitely worth a try.

As far as the thickness goes I was just pointing out that the hardness of the crush washer is usually the more important factor. They have to be thick enough to bridge the gap if there's one there, but the thickest washer isn't necessarily the best or anything was my original point.

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I had understood your original comment and thanks as always. May be I put too thick of washer even though designated a crush washer. Will try the annealing process on some newer ones and see what happens. Meanwhile, have been cycling from loose to tight multiple times as noted to do by jbc426 before I proceed to annealing. Has shown good results. May be between the two processes I can get this stopped. Thanks again.