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Subject: [TowerTalk] Staking Nuts
From: Wilson Lamb <infomet@embarqmail.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2018 13:59:51 -0400 (EDT)
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WOW, was there an answer there?
As the OP surmised, staking involves some sort of hammer work or other damaging 
means.
I have staked nuts by driving the corner of a chisel into the corner where the 
nut meets the threads of the bolt.
Banging up a thread behind the nut with a chisel is also good.
One can even buy nuts with a little protrusion that makes them somewhat self 
staking.
Properly torqued double nutting is incredibly effective, sometimes to the point 
of being strong enough to wring off the bolt.
Screws can also be staked with a chisel cut across the seam between the head 
and the adjacent metal.
I'd say staking covers any sort of deformative process that prevents fasteners 
running loose.
Here's staking into a keyway:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93vtGzOgvXU
WL
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