[Shop-talk] misshapen hex nuts

[John Innis]

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 at 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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