- SS Slotted Nuts are only that — hex nuts with spaces 60° separated in the top focus of every level (side). Their strength is supposed to be 80% of full thickness nuts of a similar size, style and grade.
- SS Slotted Nuts are utilized with fasteners and studs that have an opening bored in their strung segment through which a cotter pin is embedded to keep the nut from turning.
- The nut is actually held until the pin is eliminated or shears. They are ordinarily used to get the place of wheel direction on shafts and are likewise called: axle nuts.