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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Types
- Prevailing torque values
- Prevention of loosening
- See also
- References
- Notes
- Bibliography
- External links
thumb|Nylon lock nuts ('Nyloc')
A locknut, also known as a lock nut, locking nut, self-locking nut, prevailing torque nut, stiff nut or elastic stop nut, is a nut that resists loosening under vibrations and torque. Prevailing torque nuts have some portion of the nut that deforms elastically to provide a locking action. Free-spinning locknuts exist which carry the advantage of not requiring extra torque until seated.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “locknut” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.