I was perusing the NASA Fastener Design Manual today and came across an interesting statement about how split lock washers (that everyone on here uses), when fully torqued down, render themselves useless. Instead of sucker-baiting RodKnock, ERAChas, Lykins, or the like, I thought instead I'd just post it. I've pulled the quote from Page 9 and this is the link to the full NASA Fastener manual:
http://gltrs.grc.nasa.gov/reports/1990/RP-1228.pdf
