Reply To: Lock nuts / Jam nuts – MEW 311

[Rod RenshawParticipant @rodrenshaw28584]

I can't claim any personal expertise in this area but I am with the "thin nut on top" school because of Tubal Cain's explanation which included the fact that the bolt stretches and the nut compresses as the assembly is tightened. This factor, which renders most of the simple explanations void, is strangely missing from many of the counter arguments in previous posts.

Tom Walshaw ( Tubal Cain) worked in the heavy engineering industry most of his life until he became an academic and professor of applied engineering in later life. His analysis is good enough for me.

Rod

Sorry, just noticed Gary's post which I had not seen when I was typing mine, I agree with him .

Edited By Rod Renshaw on 19/12/2021 10:44:39