M8 Nylon Insert Lock Nut (Nylon Lock Nut), ISO 10511

The M8 nylon insert lock nut (ISO 10511) is 12.73 to 13 mm across the flats and 6.18 to 6.76 mm high. The thread is M8 × 1.25; the files are simplified and threaded STEP files.

How these parts are made, and what the levels mean: read the method

• Also searched as: M8 nut
• Model id: iso10511-m8
• Standard: ISO 10511:2012 · thread M8 × 1.25, ISO metric coarse, right hand

Files

Part key	Simplified	Threaded
iso10511-m8	STEP	STEP

Dimensions

Symbol	Name	min	nom	max	Modeled	Rule	Level
P	Thread pitch		1.25		1.25	nominal	L2
da	Countersink diameter	8		8.75	8.375	midpoint of min–max	L2
dw	Bearing face diameter	11.6			11.6	single limit (min), modeled at the limit	L2
e	Width across corners	14.38			14.38	single limit (min), modeled at the limit	L2
h	Nut height	6.18		6.76	6.47	midpoint of min–max	L2
m	Hexagon height	3.7			3.7	single limit (min), modeled at the limit	L2
mw	Wrenching height	2.96			2.96	single limit (min), modeled at the limit	L2
s	Width across flats	12.73		13	12.865	midpoint of min–max	L2
beta	Chamfer angle	15		30	22.5	midpoint of min–max	L2
theta	Countersink angle	90		120	105	midpoint of min–max	L2
P	Coarse thread pitch		1.25		1.25	nominal	L1
tap_drill	Tap drill diameter		6.75		6.75	nominal	L1
d1	Basic minor diameter		6.646835		6.646835	nominal	L1
ch_angle	Chamfered end angle			50	50	single limit (max), modeled at the limit	L2
dh_fine	Clearance hole, fine series		8.4		8.4	nominal	L1
dh_medium	Clearance hole, medium series		9		9	nominal	L1
dh_coarse	Clearance hole, coarse series		10		10	nominal	L1

Thread and holes

• Tap drill: 6.75 mm (method: d − P), L1, sources amesweb-tap-drill, rule-tap-drill.
• Clearance hole (ISO 273): close 8.4, normal 9, loose 10 mm (L1: fine, medium and coarse series (albany-clearance, wikipedia-de-clearance)).

Drawing

As a PDF: CC-ISO10511-SZ-M8.pdf.

Goes with the M8 nylon insert lock nut

• Spanner: 13 mm, the hexagon's maximum width across flats (s) in the table above.
• ISO 4762 socket head cap screw in 14 lengths from 12 to 80 mm, the same size as this M8 nylon insert lock nut: M8 Socket Head Cap Screw (Allen Bolt), ISO 4762 / DIN 912
• ISO 4017 hex head screw in 13 lengths from 16 to 80 mm, the same size as this M8 nylon insert lock nut: M8 Hex Head Screw (Hex Bolt), ISO 4017
• ISO 7089 flat washer, the same size as this M8 nylon insert lock nut: M8 Flat Washer (Plain Washer), ISO 7089

The M8 nylon insert lock nut beside the M6

The M8 is the largest of the 5 ISO 10511 nylon insert lock nuts published here, from M3 to M8.

• Thread pitch (P): 1.25 mm on the M8 nylon insert lock nut, against 1 mm on the M6.
• Countersink diameter (da): 8 to 8.75 mm on the M8 nylon insert lock nut, against 6 to 6.75 mm on the M6.
• Bearing face diameter (dw): at least 11.6 mm on the M8 nylon insert lock nut, against at least 8.9 mm on the M6.
• Width across corners (e): at least 14.38 mm on the M8 nylon insert lock nut, against at least 11.05 mm on the M6.
• Nut height (h): 6.18 to 6.76 mm on the M8 nylon insert lock nut, against 5.52 to 6 mm on the M6.
• Hexagon height (m): at least 3.7 mm on the M8 nylon insert lock nut, against at least 2.9 mm on the M6.
• Wrenching height (mw): at least 2.96 mm on the M8 nylon insert lock nut, against at least 2.32 mm on the M6.
• Width across flats (s): 12.73 to 13 mm on the M8 nylon insert lock nut, against 9.78 to 10 mm on the M6.

Other sizes

• One size smaller: M6 Nylon Insert Lock Nut (Nylon Lock Nut), ISO 10511, 9.78 to 10 mm across flats.

Documents

• CC-ISO10511-DS-M8.pdf: M8 datasheet: values with levels, sources
• CC-ISO10511-SZ-M8.pdf: M8 drawing: this size's values on the views
• parts.json: the part record of this size (the platform contract)

Sources

albany-clearance, amesweb-tap-drill, fasten-it-iso10511, iso10511-2012-sample, iso4753-2011-sample, rule-basic-minor, rule-tap-drill, wikipedia-de-clearance, wikipedia-iso261. Full citations: the method page and this size's datasheet.

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