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PSA: Ditch Spring/Split Lockwashers for good

http://www.boltscience.com/pages/hel...ingwashers.htm

Confirming what many automotive- and aerospace-minded have known: spring lock washers are garbage and you shouldn't use them.

This came up as part of a project I'm doing at work, where people who should have known better specified split lock washers in a critical application.

Edit: much better to use Nylok nuts or nord lockwashers in critical applications, IMO.
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