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					Originally Posted by maytag  a rose by any other name..... 
 an aluminum flat washer IS a crush washer.  intended-or-not, haha.
 
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I get it that it's soft metal, but when I think crush washers I think rolled metal ones that are hollow inside and flatten as you tighten them.  
I guess aluminum is more like the cheap version of brass washers.