Lock washers, locking clips and locking plates are simple, stable and reliable fastening elements.Lock washers engage a keyway in a shaft, or adapter sleeve thread. The washer locks the nut in position when one of the washer tabs is bent into one of the slots on the nut’s outside diameter (fig. 9).Locking plates engage a keyway in a shaft or adapter sleeve and are attached to the side face of the nut by two bolts secured with locking wire. A locking plate consists of a plate, two hexagonal head bolts with drilled heads and lock wire to secure them.MS locking clips engage a keyway in a shaft or adapter sleeve and one of the slots in the outside diameter of the lock nut. Locking clips are attached to the nut by a bolt.