RUNAMUCK Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 Question for the fastening experts. Do the serrations on the back face of a flange nut work as well as spring washers? Or do ya reckon a bit of magic from a little red bottle Is warranted too? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mof Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 What are you holding? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EURON8 Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 Probably his wang atm 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nominal Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 https://engineerdog.com/2015/01/11/10-tricks-engineers-need-to-know-about-fasteners/ I can't see the point in spring washers - have a read of this book for why. http://www.amazon.com/Fasteners-Plumbing-Handbook-Motorbooks-Workshop/dp/0879384069 Flange nuts might be better, loctite is a way to be sure. Assume you want to keep your dryer together? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mof Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 What are you holding? Yeah didn't think that through. Personally I'm not a fan of locktite, unless I don't plan to take it apart again for a very long time/ever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cute wee gem Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 Use blue loctite then? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EURON8 Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 Get a decent power bar. I haven't met anything in the automotive world that was too much hassle to get off yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNAMUCK Posted May 31, 2016 Author Share Posted May 31, 2016 Loc tite isn't that hard to undo. It's actually on a banjo type diff head. Some of the studs are a little bit shorter. I cbf changing the studs. Those flange nuts look quite tidy too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mof Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 Yeah flange nuts be sweet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemi Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 Flange nuts and bolts all day. Once grounded they tighten without holding the other side. Never seen one come loose either, without outside influences. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemi Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 If you loctite a bolt you can't get a good swing/impact on you need to be dragged out of work and made to undo one in a shit spot. Corrosion you can get frustrated with then write off the time. If you find it has been stud locked that's like a Good kilo of anger plutonium for the poor bugger that has to undo it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toy-mota Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 Flange nuts are like nylocks ,you get one or two uses out of them before they come just like a standard nut.Also i think they maybe a higher grade 10.9,could be wrong there.We use them at work for all fasteners to a truck chassis. **EDIT** i was thinking of a conical nut/cone nut. could be something to look into,they come with or without flanges Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemi Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 Flange nuts are like nylocks ,you get one or two uses out of them before they come just like a standard nut.Also i think they maybe a higher grade 10.9,could be wrong there.We use them at work for all fasteners to a truck chassis.Aye how? I've used many over and over and they have been fine? Not a dig, genuinely curious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemi Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 I should probably mention that all of my experience is with chassis nuts and bolts which have a deeper thread, this could make all the difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mof Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 They use them all over jap trucks. Chassis, axles, engine, cab, inside cab. Just flat ones not necessarily serrated ones. Probably not on turbo/exhaust because of expansion/contraction etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemi Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 They are the best tbh. I wish flanged nuts and bolts were easy to find in all sizes. I'm looking at you champion stand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seedy Al Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 I too have become a recent fan of flange nuts. although I do enjoy how cheap spring washers are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mof Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 Plus, if they fall off, then fit spring washers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cletus Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 im a fan of flanges as mentioned, heaps of OE applications use them without serrations and they never come loose. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNAMUCK Posted May 31, 2016 Author Share Posted May 31, 2016 The ones Blacks sell are all pretty and gold too. I'm gunna paint the diffy up, and swap the pretty nuts on afterwards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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