[alfa] Re: Locktite & copper washers

[Joe Elliott <jelliott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 5:36 PM +0000 7/2/04, alfa-digest wrote:
> Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2004 13:21:14 -0400
> From: RonHorowitz <RonHorowitz@domain.elided>
> Subject: Subject: [alfa] Re: Locktite & copper washers
>
> > Can't you just aneal the old washers?
> I'm jumping into the middle of this one, and not sure what you guys were
> talking about, so I may be speaking out of turn, but on non-critical
> applications, you can anneal copper washers a couple of times before you
> need to replace them. I always put them back on in the same orientation, as
> the front faces get marked up from the flats of the fasteners. That works
> fine on drain plugs, but I wouldn't do it to something like the crush
> washers on my brake calipers. Just my .02.

What does this accomplish that allows re-use of the washer?  I would 
expect this process to make the washer harder, which I wouldn't have 
guessed would help much.  Does this process make the washer expand 
and contract such that it ends up less deformed?

-Joe
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