Jet nut

A jet nut,^[1] also known as a k-nut,^[1]^[2]^[3] is a special type of hex locknut that is commonly used in the aerospace and automotive racing industries.^[3]

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.^[4]

References

Notes

^ ^a ^b K-NUTS.com, retrieved 2 January 2012.
^ Racing hardware & fasteners (PDF), retrieved 3 December 2008^{[permanent dead link]}.
^ ^a ^b 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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[K-NUTS.COM-1] K-NUTS.com, retrieved 2 January 2012.

[2] Racing hardware & fasteners (PDF), retrieved 3 December 2008^{[permanent dead link]}.

[smith-3] Smith, pp. 106–107.

[4] Fasteners, retrieved 3 December 2008.

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