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wing nut

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wing nut
a threaded nut tightened by hand by means of two flat lugs or wings projecting from the central body

wing nut [′wiŋ ‚nət]
(design engineering)
An internally threaded fastener with wings to permit it to be tightened or loosened by finger pressure only. Also known as butterfly nut.


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After you drain the pump housing, tighten the wing nut hand-tight only.
Transferring simply requires removing the two wing nuts from the EZ-Steer mounting bracket and reattaching it, then moving the EZ-Guide Plus system and controller box to the new vehicle.
A boron-centered molecule that looks like a four-bladed wing nut then caps each of the salt's two ends.
 
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