Quote Originally Posted by KJ6BSO View Post
You may be right. In either case, I'd take a grinder to the washer and flatten one edge before I brazed it in place.
Mercy ...
<sarcasm> I'd sandblast the zinc coating from both, 'vee' the slot where the washer attaches, and perform a full penetration heliarc weld using base metal with at least 80,000 lb of tensile strength. </sarcasm>

Either that, or use liquid steel. :stickpoke: