It's springtime! Time to start working on your project car, learn a new wrenching skill, discover what everything is under the hood (and how it works), or just spruce up your daily driver. All month, ...

It’s not much of a stretch to say that without nuts and bolts, the world would fall apart. Bolted connections are everywhere, from the frame of your DIY 3D printer to the lug nuts holding the wheels ...

Locking wheel nuts do not have standard hexagonal heads like a normal nut and bolt. They require a unique locking wheel nut ‘key’ to remove them. This guide looks at the different types of locking ...

The bolt has always gotten the glory, but the nut is the real star. It can be round or square, winged or crenellated, easy to remove or impossible to remove. Around since the 15th century, it’s been ...

The free-spinning locknut turns freely onto a bolt until seated against a base. Further tightening of the nut produces locking action. Operating principles of all these nuts are similar. When the ...