I agree it's fussy and prone to break: IIRC it's some zinc-alloy too so even more brittle than if they had used steel.
That said I believe I have a complete HS with that washer (unbroken for now) from a 1950's era Peugeot which I'd sell complete and you could take any/all parts from it that you want. But I don't want to break it up (if it is complete like I remember) just shoot a PM
UPDATE: my "complete but without loose bearing balls" HS is SOLD.
For the trivia buffs this was supposedly circa 1952 and the "perforated washer" was indeed not steel, something like zinc alloy.
The thing I noticed is several of the parts were stamped with a "Peugeot Lion" logo so this was a proprietary part BITD.
Last edited by unworthy1; 03-23-24 at 08:55 PM.