Kevin - I have seen that wear on the large flat washers on most of the cars that I have done the TAB change on. I typically clean the washers thoroughly, and flip them over just like you did, to give a new surface for the spacers (sleeves thru the trailing arm and the bushing) to rest against. I mentioned in one of my endless posts on the subject of TAB's that I believe the wear comes from the bolts bending and stretching, allowing some movement in the joint. This most often leads (eventually) to the bolts bending and/or coming loose. I plan on disassembling these joints on Winged1 around the first of the year to see if there has been any similar wear with my bolts installed. I don't expect to see any, but I will let the List know in any event. I looked into supplying new large flat washers with the TOBY-TAB kits, but I would have had to increase the price of the kits substantially in order to do it. It's amazing how much hardened flat washers cost! I would have liked to include the washers, as well as new bushings, but the dollars simply got in the way. There is a price point above which you can't convince people to spend the money, no matter how much sense it would make. Now, if I would have been able to offer polyurethane ... Toby Peterson VIN 2248 Winged1 --- In dmcnews@xxxx, "K Creason" <dmc4687@xxxx> wrote: > However: my big fat washers on the pass. side were a bit messed up. I flipped them all around and put them back in. I wish the TAB's came with new washers so that I could have saved them out and taken pictures.