How To Install Axle Push Nuts

Cap Nut Fasteners

Bowes aluminum push-on cap nut Fasteners provide an attractive and secure means of capping exposed shaft, axle or stud ends. Bowes Cap Basics are available in four different cap nut designs that are all piece of cake to install. All our cap nut fasteners can be painted to match the color of your products for decorative purposes.

Benefits of Cap Nut Fasteners

Six contact points on the cap nut fastener to bite difficult on the shaft circumference holding it nether vibration resistant live bound tension.
Fasteners are like shooting fish in a barrel to install.
Aluminum push-on cap nuts are available in a broad range of sizes and designs.

Fastener Description

The broad diameter of the cap acts equally a spanner washer distributing the holding power of the fastener over a wide area around the stud. Cap basics have vi point contact (available for most stud diameters) on the shaft circumference assuring maximum holding power and resistance to loosening by vibration. Within the styled aluminum cap is a tempered leap steel or optional stainless steel insert which grips the shaft or stud. The single O.D. blueprint allows the fastest possible assembly with minimum part treatment and stock inventory. Cotter pins and washers and threading and drilling operations are eliminated.

Uses for Cap Nut Fasteners

Aluminum push button-on cap nut fasteners accept been successfully used in a variety of OEM applications including building insulation, ship insulation, light wheeled toys, stereo cabinetry wiring, retaining electric wires within panels, automotive emblems and more.

Cap Nut Fasteners Sizes and Designs

Bowes Aluminum Push-On Cap Nut Fasteners are available in several attractive cap designs (AS, AE, Advertizing and AW) as shown for stud sizes ranging from .080" to .500".

**Cap Nut Fastener Sizes and Styles**
Stud Dia	Cap Style	Cap Style	Cap Manner	Cap Style
.080	AS	AE	Ad	AW
.105	AS	AE	Ad	AW
1/8	AS	AE	Advertisement	AW
.145	AS	AE	AD	AW
three/sixteen	AS	AE	Advertizement	AW
i/4	AS	AE	AD	AW
nine/32	Every bit	AE	Advertizing	AW
5/sixteen	Every bit	AE	AD	AW
3/8	AS	AE	AD	AW
7/xvi				AW
1/2				AW
7/16 Hex				AW

Push-On Cap Nut Fastener Installation

Bowes cap basics should be positioned squarely over the stud and pressed into the locked position past manus or with the low-cal tap of a mallet. The fastener has six contact points that bite hard on the shaft circumference holding it nether vibration resistant live bound tension.

Cap Nut for Standard Hex Nut [Fashion AW437HS1427]

Bowes too has an aluminum push-on cap nut to cover a standard hex nut that measures seven/16" across the flats. All caps can be painted to match the colour your products for decorative purposes.

Cap Nut Part Number Cardinal

Example Part # AS125T1427

A → CAP Material

A = ALUMINUM

S = STAINLESS

Southward → CAP STYLE

S = STANDARD

D = DEEP DRAW

Due east = EMBOSSED

West = Broad DEEP Draw

125 → STUD DIAMETER (INCHES)(TOLERANCE + .005)

.080

.109

.125 (1/8)

.145

.187 (3/sixteen)

.250 (ane/4)

.281 (9/32)

.312 (v/sixteen)

.375 (three/8)

.437 (7/16)

.500

T → INSERT MATERIAL

T = TEMPERED SPRING STEEL

S = STAINLESS STEEL

fourteen → INSERT THICKNESS

14 = .014" 22 = .022"

27 → FINISH

27 = LIGHT OIL

All dimensions in inches, standard tolerance. Fractions +.010-.010. Decimcals +.005-.005. Unless otherwise noted. Selections listed are currently available. Other cap materials, stud diameters, insert thickness and finishes are available upon request.