There are plenty of locking bolts and nuts on the market, but which are the best? We attacked eight to find out. Vehicle security expert Giles Verdon attempted to remove the bolts from a ...

Typically, we’ll throw a simple helical spring lock washer on a stud or bolt, torque down the nut nice and snug, and call it a day, feeling like we’ve made a secure joint. But nothing could ...

Unless you are a mechanical engineer, you might not realize there’s a lot of nuances to something even as simple as a nut and bolt. How many threads do you need to engage? Do lock washers work?

and high values indicating more tolerance for space between the nut and bolt threads. The main variances in nuts are those with locking mechanisms and those without locking mechanisms. It would be ...