Re: Destructive Lock Nuts Suck

On Mon, 15 Apr 2024 11:26:44 -0400, Joe Gwinn <joegwinn@comcast.net>
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On Mon, 15 Apr 2024 00:12:31 -0400, Clare Snyder <clare@snyder.on.ca>
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On Sun, 14 Apr 2024 15:29:01 -0400, Joe Gwinn <joegwinn@comcast.net>
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On Sun, 14 Apr 2024 14:03:12 -0400, Leon Fisk <lfiskgr@gmail.invalid>
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On Sun, 14 Apr 2024 13:08:35 -0400
Joe Gwinn <joegwinn@comcast.net> wrote:
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Google didn't find LoxNut - buried under food stuff.  URL?

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Found this tidbit:
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An-cor-lox nut has a ring of soft metal, such as soft steel or brass at the bottom of
the nut which turns on freely until the nut strikes the part.

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Found it: Page 74 of the following:
.<chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://delibra.bg.polsl.pl/Content/16769/P-779_1940_3_Vol107_WU_8.pdf>
.<https://www.google.com/search?q=%22An-cor-lox%22+lock+nuts+lsminsyed&oq=%22An-cor-lox%22+lock+nuts+lsminsyed&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIJCAEQIRgKGKABMgkIAhAhGAoYoAEyCQgDECEYChigATIJCAQQIRgKGKABMgkIBRAhGAoYoAHSAQk4Njc0ajBqMTWoAgCwAgA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8>
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No longer made.  Company gone.  Basically a soft copper washer that is
squished into contact with the bolt thread.
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I've also run into Spiralock, which looks quite interesting.
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.<https://www.stanleyengineeredfastening.com/en/brands/Optia/Spiralock>
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Joe Gwinn

Spiralock has gone out of fashion as they are a "single use" locknut
if I remember correctly from my Fiat Allis days - both nut and bolt to
be replaced at every use. Not an issue for NASA as NO bolt gets
re-used - - - but a pain when repairing a loader/backhoe in mud up to
your ankles- head first!!!

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Good point, although the nuts are pretty cheap, so one can afford to
just replace them.  The U-straps may also need to be replaced?
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Their Key-Lock thread inserts work pretty good - never had one come
out with the bolt/stud unlike HeliCoil.

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And you don't need to replace the thread insert after one use?
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Joe Gwinn

 They have a bit of give to them - which might help - but generally
you don't count on a thread insert to be a lock-nut - although they
are advertized and sold as .