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This looks like a shortcut on the part of the mfgr. I have seen nuts where
the threaded hole is bolonged a bit to create tension to assist with self
locking, but all of those I have seen has a perfect hex.
On Fri, May 31, 2019 at 12:12 PM Steven Trovato via Shop-talk <
shop-talk@autox.team.net> wrote:
> My son and I just replaced struts on his 2002 Toyota Avalon. With
> the new parts we received the nuts you can see in the attached
> picture. The hex shape is not normal. It is as though it was
> crushed side to side. The distance from point to opposite point is
> significantly greater for one pair of points. No socket I have will
> fit on these. A 15 mm socket is the closest, which is not a very
> common choice. I was set to write this all off as crappy Chinese
> parts, but I found the same nuts with both the strut and the sway bar
> link. They are different brands and were purchased separately. Maybe
> both buy their nuts from the same crappy nut supplier. Anyway, I
> just thought I would check if I am missing something. Is there some
> kind of locking nut that is intentionally made this way?
>
> -Steve T.
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<div dir=3D"ltr">This looks like a shortcut on the part of the mfgr.=C2=A0 =
I have seen nuts where the threaded hole is bolonged a bit to create tensio=
n to assist with self locking, but all of those I have seen has a perfect h=
ex.<br></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail=
_attr">On Fri, May 31, 2019 at 12:12 PM Steven Trovato via Shop-talk <<a=
href=3D"mailto:shop-talk@autox.team.net";>shop-talk@autox.team.net</a>> =
wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0=
px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">My son an=
d I just replaced struts on his 2002 Toyota Avalon.=C2=A0 With <br>
the new parts we received the nuts you can see in the attached <br>
picture.=C2=A0 The hex shape is not normal.=C2=A0 It is as though it was <b=
r>
crushed side to side.=C2=A0 The distance from point to opposite point is <b=
r>
significantly greater for one pair of points.=C2=A0 No socket I have will <=
br>
fit on these.=C2=A0 A 15 mm socket is the closest, which is not a very <br>
common choice.=C2=A0 I was set to write this all off as crappy Chinese <br>
parts, but I found the same nuts with both the strut and the sway bar <br>
link.=C2=A0 They are different brands and were purchased separately. Maybe =
<br>
both buy their nuts from the same crappy nut supplier.=C2=A0 Anyway, I <br>
just thought I would check if I am missing something.=C2=A0 Is there some <=
br>
kind of locking nut that is intentionally made this way?<br>
<br>
-Steve T.<br>
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