Standard Practices: Fasteners

WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2014 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