Standard Practices: Fasteners
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2013 Ford F-150. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
- Reuse standard fasteners.
- Replace fasteners with self-locking features.
- Examples of fastener self-locking coatings or mechanical locking (with the locking features highlighted yellow) are shown in the illustration.
- Replace fasteners with torque angle specifications (those tightened a specified number of degrees).
Examples of self-locking nuts and bolts