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Originally Posted by CobraDan
The only problem with a washer is like you said you can’t hold on to it to secure it...
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Actually, you can get a fair amount of snugness on such a lock nut by gripping it with padded pliers and applying the torque to the knob itself. It can take a couple of tries to get the knob finally lined up the correct way but I've used something like this in other situations and never had the knob work loose. The torque needed to hold the jam nut is a fraction of what it takes to tighten it down.
Rick, I've thought of several solutions that would produce a "pretty" jam nut but not having a machine shop at hand makes most of them tough - and I'm not willing to pay a $20-30 shop minimum for such a trivial job.
