Lock washers

[akitagandy]

which would be better lock washers or nylon lock nuts ? I am ready to go together for the last time

 

[tfeverfred]

It really depends on where you're using them. I always us them on suspension pieces. Heck, sometimes I use both. I tend to overkill sometimes.

 

[butch27]

I cotter pin all the steering and suspension stuff.

 

[Lee_in_KC]

No nylocks anywhere near heat!!

 

[EX JUNK]

Pick up the May issue of Street Rodder and check out the article in the Tech Section. It will educate you on locking fasteners.

Jim

 

[fordsbyjay]

Pick up the May issue of Street Rodder and check out the article in the Tech Section. It will educate you on locking fasteners.

Jim

I was just going to say the same thing. One interesting point in the article pointed out the difference in quality between castle nuts for suspension parts and castle nuts from the hardware are not the same quality.

 

[Old Rotor Flap]

Lockwashers?

Isn't a Mercury just a Ford with lockwashers?

 

[rooster57]

Lock washers and nylon nuts do two different jobs. Lock washer keeps a nut from coming loose so the torque supplied at installation doesn't change. A nylon nut is used where a tirwire cant be used and the bolt falling out would cause an assembly to fall apart. So if you just want the bolt to not fall out a nylon nut is the ticket IE the clevis's our radius rods.

 

[ellis8500]

When a bolt is working in tension, the proper torque settings is very important. One can not set a specific torque when using a locknut of any kind. So, for bolts in tension one would use a lock washer or no washer at all depending on the application. When a bolt is subject to shear load, it just has to be tight enough not to come loose. In that case, one can use a locknut, nylon or deformed metal. So, in tension set torque with a torque wrench. In shear, just get it real tight with standard length wrenches. Regardless of the situation, it never hurts to use some blue loctite as some added insurance.