A serious question.

[fuzeman]

OK people, its time for a serious discussion! None of this WW III crap, no Republican vs: Democrat dung, no talk about whether mustard is a burn treatment or a condiment [ both really ], who cares if the toilet paper comes off the top or the bottom of the roll.
Is there such a thing as a reverse threaded lock washer?

[Lusche]

lock washer?

I did not even know this word. Had to look it up in the dictionary 

[Devil 505]

Lock washers work by keeping outward tension on the threads. It does not matter which way it is coiled.

[Kanth]

There are many different types of lock washers.  None are threaded to my knowledge.

[zack1234]

A reversed threaded lock washer?

I will investigate

What colour red or blue?

[donnieboy]

Lock washers work by keeping outward tension on the threads. It does not matter which way it is coiled.

This depends on the type of washer. You can make a standard lock washer work for LHT by bending the washer with two small pairs of pliers or pliers and a vise.

[Devil 505]

Should work fine regardless.

[Bizman]

---It does not matter which way it is coiled.

Really? The way they look makes one think the opposite: Especially in softer materials the edges of the cut are designed to resist unscrewing.

Shake proof washers seem to be available as non-directional.

[branch37]

Not sure if they make left handed lock washers. Standard lock washers won't work for left handed threads but as stated you can just bend them a little.


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[Copprhed]

I've never seen a left handed cock washer....

[Shuffler]

There are other lock washers than just the split kind. Look for internal tooth and external tooth lock washers.

[donnieboy]

I looked through an AN & MS hardware cataloge and did not find any LHT lock washers. All of the AN935 Split Lock Washers are made to work optimally on RHT fasteners by the way they are cut/split and twisted. The star type washers are also twisted to work best on RHT. You can twist them in the oposite direction to work better on the LHT nut. You could always go old school and drill the nut for lock-wire. 

[Devil 505]

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

[zack1234]

I've never seen a left handed cock washer....

 

[horble]

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

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