Strut rod nuts - Bevel in or out??

[65Val]

Whats the correct way to install the front retention nuts on the strut rods....bevel in toward the washer, or bevel out, away from the washer?

Pic for illustration purposes.

 

[4spdragtop]

Hmmm on some it has it stamped on them. 50/50 lol

 

[Deemo]

Mine are out. 65 Valiant 100. Just looked

 

[4spdragtop]

Google search led me to moparts where a member posted pics. Cupped out but that was 69 charger

 

[abodyjoe]

stock they were curved in towards the k-frame.. the aftermarket ones seem to say curved away from the k-frame.. not sure if they were just stamped wrong of thats how they really should be for some reason.

 

[KnuckleDuster]

The washer is stamped 'front' in his pic, he's asking about the nut.

OP- Mine are like you have it, no idea why the nuts are beveled.

 

[rklein383]

Is there no bushing???? Looks like the washer is almost against the k-frame.

 

[Daves69]

Nut bevel goes out. See if the nut is harder to turn as it nears the beveled end.
Note "front" on the washer in the picture.

 

[4spdragtop]

Yep I didn't read it properly. Bevel on nuts face front on my 67.

 

[krazykuda]

Bevel outward, flat side inward toward the washer...

 

[krazykuda]

Bevel nuts on face.

TMI....

 

[4spdragtop]

LOL NOT on my face, bevelled or not

TMI....

 

[Krooser]

Out...

 

[69_340_GTS]

no idea why the nuts are beveled.

The beveled end on nuts like that are typically distorted just enough to cause an interference fit on the threads. To keep them from loosening up over time. (And that side of the nut always faces "out". It would be difficult to get a bolt started in the distorted side anyways.)

 

[Cuda68Scott]

Pic of my never before removed strut nut, washer, bushing, and roll pin.

 

[Deemo]

Manual shows the bevel on top.

 

[65Val]

Whats the correct way to install the front retention nuts on the strut rods....bevel in toward the washer, or bevel out, away from the washer?

Pic for illustration purposes.

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Thanks guys, for the input. The pic I used is not my setup.... I stole it from someone elses thread. Just wondering if the nut is correctly oriented in the pic, or reversed.

 

[brian6pac]

69 340 gts got it, it's a self locking nut and it is pinched down on the bevel end, and it goes out.

 

[65Val]

The beveled end on nuts like that are typically distorted just enough to cause an interference fit on the threads. To keep them from loosening up over time. (And that side of the nut always faces "out". It would be difficult to get a bolt started in the distorted side anyways.)

Thanks. Mine will go on easily either way....thats why I was asking.

 

[69_340_GTS]

Thanks. Mine will go on easily either way....thats why I was asking.

Sounds like they should probably be replaced. Of course if the pin is re-installed it can't come completely apart anyways.