[SEL] semi - ot lock washer questions for engineers

[kgw]

Grade of the lock washer, too, has a lot to do with effectiveness.  I 
have3 seen them "bite", as Tommy says below.  But then, much of what you 
get today is JUNK if bought as common stuff, and lock washers often 
simply squeeze out long before they do any good at all. 

Gene Waugh
Elgin, Illinois USA

Judge Tommy Turner wrote:

> Bill,
>
>    I think the split washers had their place but other means have now 
> taken their place.  The chemical fasteners like Locktite are probably 
> more reliable, cheaper, and faster to use (a guy doesn't have to place 
> a lock washer on a bolt and thread it in, the adhesive is adhered to 
> the bolt from the manufacturer and once it is screwed it, its 
> "locked").  I know that the split washers work as on numerous 
> occasions I've screwed out old bolts with lock washers and have 
> "shaved" a cutting of metal off the item and the bolt while screwing 
> the bolt out.  No one can tell me that hasn't helped keep the bolt 
> from backing out.
>
> Tommy Turner
> Magnolia, KY
>
>> Debate flaming on in some forums:
>> "Split-type lockwashers" good, bad, worthless or worthwhile?
>> Some claim they are worthless and modern farm machinary, autos, engines
>> and other equipment don't use them because they are worthless (not 
>> due to
>> cost savings)
>>
>> Others claim it's due to cost savings.
>>
>> Are they worth using, do they do any good?
>> If so, what applications do they work in, which do they not work in?
>> Can you support or back up your claims?
>>
>> I've always used them and can't say they do any harm, but I also 
>> can't say
>> it would work just as well without them because I haven't done
>> side-by-side experiments.
>>
>> Bill
>> Runnells, IA
>> (where things may be coming apart due to lack of lockwashers?)
>> _______________________________________________
>> SEL mailing list
>> SEL at lists.stationary-engine.com
>> http://www.stationary-engine.com/mailman/listinfo/sel
>>
>>
>>  
>>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> SEL mailing list
> SEL at lists.stationary-engine.com
> http://www.stationary-engine.com/mailman/listinfo/sel
>
>
>