Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder.usenetexpress.com!tr1.iad1.usenetexpress.com!69.80.99.22.MISMATCH!local-2.nntp.ord.giganews.com!news.giganews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2024 18:26:01 +0000 From: Joe Gwinn Newsgroups: rec.crafts.metalworking Subject: Re: Destructive Lock Nuts Suck Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2024 14:25:59 -0400 Message-ID: <80jl1jpp7v5d5orgupl694set0rmo5orft@4ax.com> References: <2lbj1jhgckevkgmm9l68ccvln139p8fmhh@4ax.com> User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 38 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-Trace: sv3-rDZ9wSgGe7kK+LQ13HbzxyAj5i6Q93iPB4phB0C9IY5Ha8FtyREI0lHdp4/rCASZhp8twf8SrHpqrf5!W9pckuLVYOauyMOMF0HxtDwL8UEb3YyWpAyjfkx5VxyeScBO0oNSWEY0a0WGHKeYw7L3BRs= X-Complaints-To: abuse@giganews.com X-DMCA-Notifications: http://www.giganews.com/info/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 2754 On Sat, 13 Apr 2024 08:05:57 -0400, "Jim Wilkins" wrote: >"Snag" wrote in message news:uvcbh7$2jb8r$1@dont-email.me... > >On 4/12/2024 5:01 PM, Joe Gwinn wrote: >> On Fri, 12 Apr 2024 13:36:58 -0700, Bob La Londe >> wrote: >> >> >> You probably want a bronze or stainless steel Drake two-piece Lock >> Nut: >> >> . >> >> Joe Gwinn >> > >Looks a lot like a 40 dollar solution for a 2 dollar problem , Joe ... >Snag > >------------------------------------ >I look for reliable methods using easily available hardware or auto store >products, such as doubled nuts. If necessary they can be modified on the >lathe or drilled for safety wire. The OP was complaining that nothing he tried really worked, causing danger to man and beast, and not so much about the cost of the hardware, and Drake Nuts are the gold standard. They simply don't shake loose. Finger tight causes noticeable locking. Failing that, I'd try a thick nut and a jam nut tightened hard against one another. And Loctite don't hurt. I recall from a study I read that one puts the jam nut under the thick nut for best shake resistance. Lok-Mor may have the study I recall, or it was an old NASA study. Joe Gwinn