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Basics of Aircraft Nut Installation Shear nuts and standard nuts have different torque values. Use wing nuts only where hand tightness is adequate. * Aerospace Nuts * Castle nut with cotter pin on the nose landing gear of a Piper Tomahawk Aerospace Washers The main purposes of a washer in aircraft installation are to provide a shim when needed, act as a smooth load bearing surface to adjust the position of castle nuts in relation to the drilled hole in a bolt. AN960 washers are the most common. Made in regular thickness and one half the thickness of regular Other types of washers spli