lock washers or double nuts

[simpleton7016]

I am beginning preparations to reassemble my Terra Tigers. Every single metal piece has been stripped and repainted. I plan to use new hardware and a generous helping of anti-seize on all the bolts. The original engineers designed almost all the hardware with lock washers, but I am thinking a double nut might be a wise back-up plan. Does anyone else take extra precautions and double nut everything? Perhaps both lock washers and double nuts?

Thanks in advance as always,
Erik

[Robinhood02]

i changed all the loc washers on all of my units as they needed ground ups too, but i went and got grade 8 locs instead of the original grade 5 so that they bite the steel better and dont loose there springy nature

[racerone3]

we won't use a lock washer on anything on the race cars. the old saying in my line of work is that "a lock washer is nothing but a broken washer". as robinhood02 mentioned, a good quality steel lock nut is a much better option. i run A/N washers under all lock nuts to keep from marring the surface when you install or remove the nut.

[Don]

I do away with any of the lock washers as well. There's nothing more frustrating than having something come loose out in the middle of nowhere (or the middle of a competition). Nylock nuts work fine anyplace that doesn't get hot, otherwise steel lock nuts.

[Roger S]

I use the nylock nuts on argo bearing flanges, it lets me control the squeeze on the cork without overtightening.

[brushcutter]

I prefer the steel locknuts, they always stay where you put 'em. And me being the tightwad I am, I can reuse them, and they will still stay where I put 'em.

[Jeff t-boss]

.................And me being the tightwad I am, I can reuse them, and they will still stay where I put 'em.

I hear ya brush. How's this for tightwad? I needed a few locknuts and was out of the size I needed and too lazy to go get more, so I took regular GR 8's and marred them in a cross pattern right across the face with a cold chisel. Distorts the end thread just enough to act as the lock without destroying the nut or whatever it is threading on to. They are all still in place and havn't come loose after about 2 years now.

[LarryW]

Hey Jeff, Your signature fits well here, lol.


I hate lockwashers. I double nut axle sprockets and tubes. I wonder if a nylon or steel lock nut would be better there? any suggestions!

[thebuggyman1]

I always make my own lock nuts. Take a bolt and thread it into the nut half way. Hold the bolt by the head, lay the nut on an anvil (or vise). Now hit the empty side of the nut with a hammer. It makes the hole egg shaped on one side, but still round on the side where the bolt was in it. They are very reliable, and cheap.

[racerone3]

Hey Jeff, Your signature fits well here, lol.


I hate lockwashers. I double nut axle sprockets and tubes. I wonder if a nylon or steel lock nut would be better there? any suggestions!

Larry, i run a flat washer to keep from maring the cuped washer on the sprocket tube, and a steel lock nut. never had any issues with this setup.

[Jeff t-boss]

Hey Jeff, Your signature fits well here, lol.


............................... I wonder if a nylon or steel lock nut would be better there? any suggestions!

If you're gonna use lock nuts, I'd go with the steel. They're more versatile being that they aren't sensitive to heat. That way you don't have to stock both nylocs and steel. And you're not SUPPOSED to reuse nylocs. We all know we are guilty.