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Kevin in NJ · 02-12-2018, 03:49 PM

Two thoughts..

First as mentioned, the heat cycling and the type of metal used for a lock washer would not work.

Second, not needed. I would guess that Ford used tight tolerance threading here also. So the nuts would be kind of snug.

I do not know if those are the right answers, but I am guessing that Ford had a good engineering reason they were not needed.

02-12-2018, 03:49 PM	#15
Kevin in NJ Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: South East NJ Posts: 3,398	Re: Why no lock-washers? Two thoughts.. First as mentioned, the heat cycling and the type of metal used for a lock washer would not work. Second, not needed. I would guess that Ford used tight tolerance threading here also. So the nuts would be kind of snug. I do not know if those are the right answers, but I am guessing that Ford had a good engineering reason they were not needed.