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    Retaining Nuts

    June 1, 2010
    SHOELOK hardened steel, mechanical lock retaining nuts adjust, preload, and secure bearings and other components to shafts and spindles of power assemblies.

    SHOELOK hardened steel, mechanical lock retaining nuts adjust, preload, and secure bearings and other components to shafts and spindles of power assemblies.

    Features & benefits

    • Centerline alignment; develops peripherally when setscrews (turned with hex drive wrench) force shoes into deep thread contact

    • Sufficient radial clearance needed to turn set screws; useful in heavily loaded applications where shock and vibration are present

    • Metric series made with ISO metric threads with stringent tolerances; IDs from 23.8 to 232.7 mm; holds axial loads from 95 to 2,231 kN

    Whittet-Higgins Co.
    (401) 728-0700
    www.whittet-higgins.com

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