WSY Socket Clevis

Main Components of Socket Clevis

A socket clevis is an assembly of various parts and components.

Even though they vary in designs and shapes, here are some of the most common parts.

1. Anchor shackles

It is a piece of metal usually U-shaped and secured with a clevis pin and a bolt.

Also, it can be secured using a hinged metal loop which has a quick-release locking pin mechanism.

It acts as the main link in different linking systems as they give quick connections and disconnections.

2. Clevis pin

It is an integral part of a clevis fastener which has three main components including clevis pin, clevis, and tang.

The pins are of two types including unthreaded and threaded.

Unthreaded pins have a dome shaped head at one end and on the other end, there is a cross hole.

To keep the clevis pin in place, a split pin or a cotter pin is used.

The threaded pin on the other end has formed heads on one side while the other side is merely threaded.

A nut comes in handy when the pin has to be put in place.

3. Clevis bolt

It can be used to act in place of a clevis pin even though it does not take the stress handled by the clevis pin.

They are made to take and maintain tension loads.

4. Cotter pin

It is also known as a split pin depending on the country it is being used in.

Remember, this is a piece of metal that acts as a fastener with ends that are bent at installation.

It is used in fastening two pieces of metal together.

5. Bolt

It is a type of fastener that has external male threads used and has similarities to a screw.

It is usually used together with a nut.

On one end there is the bolt head and on the other end is the external male thread.

6. Nut

This is a type of fastener that has a threaded hole.

It is used together with a bolt to fasten or join different parts together.

The partnership is put together with the combination of the threads through friction.

Apart from that, it depends on the stretching and compression of the parts that are joined together.