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**71CHEVYSHORTBED402** · 10-26-2017, 08:23 PM

Took me long enough to realize there's such an animal as lock nuts on our trucks. I've seen them for other applications, but never realized what they were.

For example, the assembly manual shows lock washers for the Idler Arm Support. Both of my trucks don't have them, and use lock nuts instead. The Tie Rod clamps use them as well.

Assuming I'm on track, you can tell a lock nut by the "tapered" head, and finger tight ends where the threads meet the head.

Just wondering, what are these called other than lock nuts? Searching for nut types, they don't seem to come up. http://www.mikesenese.com/DOIT/2011/...s-and-washers/

10-26-2017, 08:23 PM	#1
71CHEVYSHORTBED402 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Northern Nevada Posts: 7,329	Original lock nuts - Trivial Took me long enough to realize there's such an animal as lock nuts on our trucks. I've seen them for other applications, but never realized what they were. For example, the assembly manual shows lock washers for the Idler Arm Support. Both of my trucks don't have them, and use lock nuts instead. The Tie Rod clamps use them as well. Assuming I'm on track, you can tell a lock nut by the "tapered" head, and finger tight ends where the threads meet the head. Just wondering, what are these called other than lock nuts? Searching for nut types, they don't seem to come up. http://www.mikesenese.com/DOIT/2011/...s-and-washers/ Attached Images __________________ Tony 71 Custom Deluxe, SWB, 2WD, 402, A/C. I developed an assembly kit for restoring the (a) truck from the ground up. My build thread, and more on the assembly kit https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...d.php?t=730025

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