If you have a metal lathe just looking for some work, why not make your own lock nuts? That’s what [my mechanics insight] did when faced with a peculiar lock nut that needed replacing in a car. We can ...

I have a 2001 Ford Explorer Sport two-door. I bought this vehicle 10 years ago to just have a nice SUV that could do some minor four-wheeling, but today it has morphed into a fairly decent off-road ...

Does the sequence in which a jam nut and a standard nut are installed make a difference? Definitely. A jam nut is a thinner-than-average nut tightened against a standard-height nut to lock the two ...