by Scooterlam » Mon Oct 12, 2015 5:09 pm
If you only bend up the tab to meet one of the six sides the spring will sit on 5/6ths of the washer.
The spring by the nature of its designed function Is pretty strong and is unlikely to distort into the UN supported 1/6th.
Untill the advent of the very good AF cassette clutch the perceived and therefore imparted wisdom was tab washers were essential. But as many will a test lochtite is now a proven method so if the uncertainty of that unsupported 1/6 th of the spring plays on your mind you could ditch the tab washer altogether.
BTW the spring only has one compressible coil so it really dosent make a hoot of difference any way.