toyota nuts

**jackercracker** · 02-03-2012, 07:13 PM

Hey peeps,

In the Toyota Factory Service Manual, one of the parts I need is a locking nut marked as 20 (200, 14).
What do the numbers mean? Thanks, don't want to go to a dealership to get ripped off...

**jackercracker** · 02-09-2012, 02:54 PM

What I mean by getting ripped off by the dealership is that the locking nuts are $4.93 each (I'm assuming that doesn't include sales tax); and, they have to be ordered!

Any ideas out there???

**1 bad tacoma** · 02-09-2012, 07:44 PM

hey man sometimes you just got to got the stock parts now you can go to a hardware store or a autoparts store to see if they have one or go to a speciality fastner store to see what they have it probably aint going to be much cheaper aftermarket or stock

**tbplus10** · 02-09-2012, 11:45 PM

What are the locking nuts used for, i.e. what part of the truck are they on?
Unless their a specially designed piece I'd take one down to the local Home Depot or Auto parts store and find a similiar one i.e. grade and size wise, I'm sure they'll be much cheaper.
A few years back an old mechanic taught me a trick on how to make teflon locking nuts:
before threading your nut on bolt or screw run the tip of a zip tie into the nut then thread it on, the zip tie will act just like teflon inside a normal locking nut and help the nut from backing off. I've used this trick for years now with good results.