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Title: A serious question.
Post by: fuzeman on April 17, 2017, 12:02:44 PM
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?
Title: Re: A serious question.
Post by: Lusche on April 17, 2017, 12:09:31 PM
lock washer?

I did not even know this word. Had to look it up in the dictionary  :noid
Title: Re: A serious question.
Post by: Devil 505 on April 17, 2017, 12:10:44 PM
Lock washers work by keeping outward tension on the threads. It does not matter which way it is coiled.
Title: Re: A serious question.
Post by: Kanth on April 17, 2017, 12:18:22 PM
There are many different types of lock washers.  None are threaded to my knowledge.

Title: Re: A serious question.
Post by: zack1234 on April 17, 2017, 12:30:01 PM
A reversed threaded lock washer?

I will investigate :old:

What colour red or blue?
Title: Re: A serious question.
Post by: donnieboy on April 17, 2017, 12:49:20 PM
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.
Title: Re: A serious question.
Post by: Devil 505 on April 17, 2017, 12:57:41 PM
Should work fine regardless.
Title: Re: A serious question.
Post by: Bizman on April 17, 2017, 01:02:06 PM
---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.
Title: Re: A serious question.
Post by: branch37 on April 17, 2017, 01:02:51 PM
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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Title: Re: A serious question.
Post by: Copprhed on April 17, 2017, 02:02:58 PM
I've never seen a left handed cock washer....
Title: Re: A serious question.
Post by: Shuffler on April 17, 2017, 02:12:05 PM
There are other lock washers than just the split kind. Look for internal tooth and external tooth lock washers.
Title: Re: A serious question.
Post by: donnieboy on April 17, 2017, 02:53:38 PM
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.  :banana:
Title: Re: A serious question.
Post by: Devil 505 on April 17, 2017, 03:06:27 PM
Let's be real here, nothing locks better than cross-threading the nut.  :devil
Title: Re: A serious question.
Post by: zack1234 on April 17, 2017, 03:16:29 PM
I've never seen a left handed cock washer....

 :rofl
Title: Re: A serious question.
Post by: horble on April 17, 2017, 03:20:30 PM
Let's be real here, nothing locks better than cross-threading the nut.  :devil

Then put it on the bottom of a toyota and drive it around in a canadian winter, it'll never come off.  Ever.
Title: Re: A serious question.
Post by: Brooke on April 17, 2017, 04:19:59 PM
Let's be real here, nothing locks better than cross-threading the nut.  :devil

 :rofl  :aok

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.
Title: Re: A serious question.
Post by: WEZEL on April 17, 2017, 07:15:12 PM
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?
Title: Re: A serious question.
Post by: zack1234 on April 18, 2017, 12:17:35 AM
Awesome video :old:

Title: Re: A serious question.
Post by: donnieboy on April 18, 2017, 07:24:59 AM
:rofl  :aok

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.
Title: Re: A serious question.
Post by: Lazerr on April 18, 2017, 01:53:18 PM
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.