A serious question.

[Brooke]

Let's be real here, nothing locks better than cross-threading the nut. 

  

I read a discussion by a guy who had worked in restoration of WWII aircraft, and he was commenting on the difference between the Spitfire and American planes.  According to him, he said that in American planes, there were castle nuts, cotter pins, and safety wire all over the place, whereas in the Spitfire, a common expedient in the field was to use regular nuts then mash the exposed threads.

[WEZEL]

Lock washers as you know them are a thing of the past, time to step into the future


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKwWu2w1gGk


Is the youtube thingy broken?

[zack1234]

Awesome video

[donnieboy]

 

I read a discussion by a guy who had worked in restoration of WWII aircraft, and he was commenting on the difference between the Spitfire and American planes.  According to him, he said that in American planes, there were castle nuts, cotter pins, and safety wire all over the place, whereas in the Spitfire, a common expedient in the field was to use regular nuts then mash the exposed threads.

I worked on Hawkers for years and the Brits have some very "unique" approaches in quite a few areas.

[Lazerr]

Then put it on the bottom of a toyota and drive it around in a canadian winter, it'll never come off.  Ever.

I replaced shocks on my silverado a few weeks back...  first time ive ever used a sawzall in automotive maintenance.