Use a washer to make an angle grinder disc fit?

[XOIIO]

Hey all, got a cutting disc for my angle grinder, however it is too think by a little bit, I figured they would be universal but I guess not.

Anyways, most of the ones I saw were that thin and the place I bought it is fairly far away, so I was thinking maybe a washer would work to hold it down? I suppose there is more risk of it slipping, but I figure for the somewhat light work I'd be doing it might work  well enough

[SeanB]

Flip the locking nut around and it will grip properly. The nut has a lip on one side for the thick disks and the back side has a recess for the thin ones.

[Biff383]

  Should be OK did you try flipping the retaining nut over?

[Monkeh]

Hey all, got a cutting disc for my angle grinder, however it is too think by a little bit, I figured they would be universal but I guess not.

Anyways, most of the ones I saw were that thin and the place I bought it is fairly far away, so I was thinking maybe a washer would work to hold it down? I suppose there is more risk of it slipping, but I figure for the somewhat light work I'd be doing it might work  well enough

The nut or filler washer should be reversible to deal with different size discs.

[XOIIO]

Ah, didn't know it was reversible, works great lol, thanks guys.

[calexanian]

The retaining nut is two sided. One for thin cutoff discs, and the other has a thicker collar for grinding disks.. Danger if you get it backwards...