Stainless Steel Lock Nut-K Lock Nut,K-Nut

Also known as Keps and K-Lock nuts, these locknuts have a free-spinning tooth lock washer that grips the material surface instead of threads for easy installation and mild vibration resistance. Height includes the thickness of the washer.

K-lock Nut is also called a K-nut or washer nut, is a nut with an attached, free-spinning washer. It is used to make assembly more convenient. Common washer types are star-type lock washers, conical, and flat washers.They are used to make an assembly more convenient as they combine both a hex nut and a lock washer into a single fastener.

K Lock Nuts Feature a conical external tooth washer attached to the bottom of the nut. This integrated lock washer bites into the surface material, providing increased breakaway torque and decreased likelihood of the nut loosening.

Keps Nuts are available in both US and Metric sizes in 304/A2 Stainless Steel and Zinc Plated Steel.

How do K nuts work?

Keps K lock nuts are standard hex nuts with a free-spinning captive serrated washer attached. This washer bites into the surface material to help the nut resist vibration. Keps nuts effectively combine hex nuts with external tooth lock washers into a single fastener for ease of use.