Re: Destructive Lock Nuts Suck

On Sat, 13 Apr 2024 08:05:57 -0400, "Jim Wilkins"
<muratlanne@gmail.com> wrote:

"Snag"  wrote in message news:uvcbh7$2jb8r$1@dont-email.me...
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On 4/12/2024 5:01 PM, Joe Gwinn wrote:

On Fri, 12 Apr 2024 13:36:58 -0700, Bob La Londe <none@none.com99>
wrote:
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You probably want a bronze or stainless steel Drake two-piece Lock
Nut:
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.<https://www.lok-mor.com/products/free-spinning/drake/>
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Joe Gwinn
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Looks a lot like a 40 dollar solution for a 2 dollar problem , Joe ...
Snag
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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