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FED. SUPPLY CLASS

5310

DESIGN OF WRENCHING PAD FACES BETWEEN WRENCHING CORNERS IS CONCAVED OR CONICAL SURFACE
OPTIONAL IF THE WRENCHING CORNERS ARE WITHIN THE LIMITS OF E, W BETWEEN TOP OF RING BASE,
AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, INC

AND C AND THE LIMIT OF THE AREA BETWEEN THE CORNERS IS WITHIN WRENCHING CORNERS, AND AREA
THE MAXIMUM LIMIT OF W FOR THE E LENGTH OF WRENCHING CORNERS BETWEEN CORNERS

RADIUS, H
CHAMFER OR RADIUS OR
ØA
SQUARE CHAMFER
W G
ARLINGTON, VA 22209
1000 WILSON BLVD.

/18/
C COUNTERSINK,
ØD ØB COUNTERBORE, OR
RADIUS RELIEF TO
THREAD WITHIN
TOOL MARK OR THE LIMITS OF
DISTORTION DIMENSIONS ØD & G
PERMISSIBLE IN
LOCKING AREA
J

E F
TABLE I – DIMENSIONS
SIZE THREAD ØA ØB C ØD E F G H J W X WRENCHING AXIAL WT
DASH /3/ MAX MIN MIN MIN MIN MIN /5//4/ TORQUE STRENGTH LBS/100
NO. /6/ /7/ IN-LBF LBF MIN MAX
MAX MIN MAX MIN MAX MIN MAX MIN /8/ /9/
.1120-40

REVISION DATE: JANUARY 31, 2013

04 .206 .176 .171 .142 .112 .050 .028 .027 .005 .125 .103 .158 .150 11 755 .050
UNJC-3B
.010
.1380-32
PRODUCT AND SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE NO LATER THAN SIX MONTHS FROM THE LAST

06 .244 .214 .207 .168 .138 .055 .039 .141 .115 .190 .181 17 1,136 .080
THIS DRAWING SUPERSEDES ALL ANTECEDENT STANDARD DRAWINGS FOR THE SAME

UNJC-3B
.1640-32
08 .290 .260 .244 .194 .164 .060 .041 .031 .006 .125 .221 .213 .003 23 1,720 .150
UNJC-3B
.188 .015
.1900-32
3 .330 .290 .277 .220 .190 .065 .043 .154 .252 .243 46 2,460 .180
UNJF-3B
.2500-28
4 .420 .386 .347 .280 .250 .090 .057 .036 .007 .219 .204 .019 .316 .304 115 4,580 .350
UNJF-3B
.3125-24
5 .520 .482 .419 .342 .312 .120 .077 .266 .251 .023 .378 .367 260 7,390 .600
UNJF-3B
.042 .008 .004
.3750-24
6 .620 .575 .491 .405 .375 .125 .089 .282 .267 .030 .440 .430 450 11,450 .800
UNJF-3B

MATERIAL:
ISSUE DATE: NOVEMBER 1999

CRES A286 (UNS S66286) PER AMS5525, AMS5731, AMS5732, AMS5737, OR AMS5853.

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REVISION DATE.

THE INITIAL RELEASE OF THIS DOCUMENT SUPERSEDES MS21043, REVISION E, AMENDMENT 1.

PART NUMBERS REMAIN MS21043.
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SPECIFICATION
NUT, SELF-LOCKING, 800 °F, REDUCED HEXAGON,
NASM25027 REDUCED HEIGHT, RING BASE, CRES
NASM21043
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USE OF OR RELIANCE UPON THIS DOCUMENT OR ANY NATIONAL AEROSPACE STANDARD IS ENTIRELY VOLUNTARY. AIA DOES NOT QUALIFY SUPPLIERS OR CERTIFY
CONFORMANCE OF ITEMS PRODUCED UNDER NATIONAL AEROSPACE STANDARDS. AIA MAKES NO REPRESENTATION OR CLAIM RESPECTING (1) THE SUITABILITY OF
Uncontrolled copy when printed ITEMS FOR ANY PARTICULAR APPLICATION OR (2) THE EXISTENCE OF OR APPLICABILITY THERETO OF PATENT OR TRADEMARKS RIGHTS.
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HEAT TREATMENT:

DEVELOP BASIC MATERIAL PROPERTIES WITH CONTROLS PER AMS2759.

AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, INC

FINISH:

SILVER PLATE ALL THREADED SURFACES ON NUT PER AMS2410. THREADS SHALL SHOW COMPLETE
COVERAGE. SILVER PLATING ON ALL OTHER SURFACES OPTIONAL. TARNISHING OR
DISCOLORATION OF SILVER NOT CAUSE FOR REJECTION.

LUBRICATION:
ARLINGTON, VA 22209
1000 WILSON BLVD.

LUBRICANT, IF USED, SHALL BE SOLUBLE IN CLEANER SPECIFIED IN NASM25027.

CODE “N” FOR NO LUBRICANT.

EXAMPLE OF PART NUMBER:

MS21043-4 = .2500-28 NUT, SILVER PLATED

PLATING: NO CODE DENOTES SILVER PLATE WITH OR WITHOUT LUBRICANT; “N” CODE
DENOTES SILVER PLATE WITHOUT LUBRICANT.
SIZE DASH NUMBER
BASIC PART NUMBER

NOTES:

(1) DIMENSIONS IN INCHES AND APPLY AFTER FINISH UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED.
PRODUCT AND SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE NO LATER THAN SIX MONTHS FROM THE LAST
THIS DRAWING SUPERSEDES ALL ANTECEDENT STANDARD DRAWINGS FOR THE SAME

(2) DIMENSIONING AND TOLERANCING PER ANSI Y14.5M-1982.

/3/ THREADS PER AS8879.

/4/ BEARING SURFACE SHALL BE SQUARE WITH PITCH DIAMETER WITHIN “X” WHEN MEASURED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH NASM25027.

/5/ DIMENSIONS APPLY PRIOR TO DEFORMATION OF LOCKING FEATURE.

/6/ MINIMUM LENGTH OF EACH WRENCHING CORNER.

/7/ MINIMUM DISTANCE FROM THE WASHER FACE OF THE NUT TO THE BEGINNING OF THE MINIMUM
LENGTH OF “E” OF EACH WRENCHING CORNER.

/8/ NUTS SHALL BE TESTED FOR WRENCHING TORQUE BY USING A BOX OR SOCKET WRENCH.

/9/ TEST BOLTS SHALL BE 180,000 PSI MINIMUM.

REVISION DATE.

(10) MAGNETIC PERMEABILITY: SHALL BE LESS THAN 2.0 (AIR=1.0) FOR A FIELD STRENGTH H = 200
OERSTEDS USING A MAGNETIC PERMEABILITY INDICATOR PER ASTM A342/A342M, TEST METHOD 3.

(11) SURFACE TEXTURE: SURFACE ROUGHNESS SHALL BE NOT GREATER THAN 125 MICROINCHES IN
ACCORDANCE WITH ASME B46.1. REVISION

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(12) REMOVE ALL BURRS AND SHARP EDGES.

(13) DESIGN AND USAGE LIMITATIONS SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH NASM33588.

(14) INTERCHANGEABILITY RELATION: MS21043 NUTS CAN UNIVERSALLY REPLACE NAS679, NAS1021,
AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, INC

NAS1022 AND NAS1291 NUTS WITH SIMILAR DIMENSIONS, MATERIAL AND FINISH, BUT THE NAS
PART NUMBERS CANNOT REPLACE THE MS21043 PART NUMBERS (SEE TABLE II).

(15) THIS STANDARD TAKES PRECEDENCE OVER DOCUMENTS REFERENCED HEREIN.

(16) UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED HEREIN, REFERENCED DOCUMENTS SHALL BE THE ISSUE IN EFFECT
ON DATE OF MANUFACTURE. HOWEVER, EXISTING MATERIAL INVENTORY CERTIFIED TO A PREVIOUS
REVISION OF THE APPLICABLE MATERIAL SPECIFICATION(S) IS ACCEPTABLE FOR USE UNTIL
ARLINGTON, VA 22209

DEPLETION.
1000 WILSON BLVD.

(17) UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED, PART INVENTORY MANUFACTURED TO PREVIOUS REVISIONS OF

THE APPLICABLE DRAWING OR SPECIFICATION MAY BE PROCURED AND USED UNTIL STOCK IS
DEPLETED.

/18/ MARKING: UNLUBRICATED NUTS SHALL BE IDENTIFIED WITH THE LETTER “N” AT EITHER LOCATION
STATED:
1. MARKING ON THE HEX FACE FOR ALL SIZES: MARK PER AS478 METHOD 7A3, 15A3 OR 15B.
2. MARKING ON THE TRANSITION SURFACE FOR SIZES -3 AND LARGER: MARK PER AS478
METHOD 1A1, 1A2, 7A3, 15A3 OR 15B.

TABLE II – INTERCHANGEABILITY TABLE

CANCELLED AND INACTIVATED PART NUMBERS SUBSTITUTIVE
NAS679 NAS1021 NAS1022 NAS1291 PART NUMBERS
– – – C02 NONE
C04 C04 – C04 MS21043-04
C06 C06 C06 C06 MS21043-06
PRODUCT AND SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE NO LATER THAN SIX MONTHS FROM THE LAST
THIS DRAWING SUPERSEDES ALL ANTECEDENT STANDARD DRAWINGS FOR THE SAME

C08 C08 C08 C08 MS21043-08

C3 C3 C3 C3 MS21043-3
C4 C4 C4 C4 MS21043-4
C5 C5 C5 C5 MS21043-5
C6 C6 C6 C6 MS21043-6
C7 – C7 C7 NONE
– C7 – – SEE NASM21046
– – C8 C8 NONE
– C8 – – SEE NASM21046
– – C9 C9 NONE
– C9 – – SEE NASM21046
– – C10 C10 NONE
– C10 – – SEE NASM21046
– – C12 – NONE
– C12 – – SEE NASM21046
– – C14 – NONE
– C14 – – SEE NASM21046
– – C16 – NONE
– C16 – – SEE NASM21046
REVISION DATE.

– C17 C17 – NONE

– – C18 – NONE
– C18 – – SEE NASM21046
– – C20 – NONE
– C20 – – SEE NASM21046

REVISION

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Uncontrolled copy when printed ITEMS FOR ANY PARTICULAR APPLICATION OR (2) THE EXISTENCE OF OR APPLICABILITY THERETO OF PATENT OR TRADEMARKS RIGHTS.