Aside from the beer-vending machine in the Westword newsroom, this License Plates Nuts & Bolts machine in the state motor vehicle division office at 2736 Welton Street may be the coolest dispensary ...

Most industrial and commercial distributors don't have storefronts in more than 2,500 locations across the country. Or large custom-manufacturing divisions to provide parts and solutions they don't ...

Used primarily as safety nuts, these nuts are slotted to receive a cotter pin or wire which passes through a drilled hole in the bolt and locks it. Used primarily as safety nuts, these nuts are ...

Ever been strolling through a hardware store or perhaps an auto parts establishment and wondered of the meaning behind the markings on the hundreds of thousands of bolt heads on the shelf? Whether you ...

Most engineers who deal with bolted joints are familiar with torque tables for SAE-grade bolts, but these are all too often used without regard for the yield strength of internal threads or the bolt’s ...

AThe first thing you need to determine is if the squeaking you are hearing is rotational or associated with hitting a bump. Do you hear a steady squeak-squeak-squeak that steadily picks up speed as ...