Jet nut

A jet nut, also known as a k-nut, is a special type of hex locknut that is commonly used in the aerospace and automotive racing industries.

It has a flange on one end of the nut, the hex is smaller than a standard sized hex nut, and it is shorter than a standard hex nut. It achieves its locking action by using an elliptical offset on the un-flanged end of the nut.

References

Notes

1 2 K-NUTS.com, retrieved 2 January 2012.
↑ Racing hardware & fasteners (PDF), retrieved 3 December 2008^{[permanent dead link]}.
1 2 Smith, pp. 106–107.
↑ Fasteners, retrieved 3 December 2008.

Bibliography

Smith, Carroll (21 June 1990), Carroll Smith's Nuts, Bolts, Fasteners, and Plumbing Handbook, MotorBooks/MBI Publishing Company, ISBN 0-87938-406-9.

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