National Stock Number
5310-01-253-5550
National Stock Number (NSN) 5310-01-253-5550, or NIIN 012535550, (nut,sleeve) was assigned April 21, 1987 in the Federal Logistics Information System (FLIS). This NIIN is Available for Manual Assignment. This NSN does not replace any other NSNs.
There are 2 manufacturer part numbers associated with this NSN. None of the associated part number(s) are considered obsolete. The manufacturer part numbers were originally supplied by one supplier. Today, one supplier is listed as an Active supplier for this NSN. Of the active suppliers, there are no suppliers that are deemed design controlled or valid supply parts.
This part number has not been procured by the US Government in over 5 years.
Based on a planned procurement review by the Primary Inventory Control Activity (PICA) on Feb 14, 1995, this NSN's acquisition method was noted as: Acquire, for the first time, directly from the actual manufacturer rather than the prime contractor who is not the actual manufacturer. Acquisition of this part is restricted to source(s) specified on "Source Control", "Altered Item" or "Selected Item" drawings/documents. Valid AMCs: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
This NSN is assigned to Item Name Code (INC) 29735. [AN INTERNALLY THREADED ITEM WITH A CYLINDRICAL AND/OR SQUARE, HEXAGONAL, OCTAGONAL, OR DODECAGONAL OUTER PERIPHERY (PARALLEL TO THE THREADED AXIS) A PORTION(S) OF WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT BE ENLARGED, FORMING A FLANGE(S) AND/OR SHOULDER(S). ITEMS NOT HAVING AN ENLARGED OUTER PORTION MAY BE THREADED, A PART OF THE FULL LENGTH, OR TAPPED FROM BOTH ENDS. ITEMS HAVING AN ENLARGED OUTER PORTION (FLANGE(S) OR SHOULDER(S)) MAY BE THREADED THE FULL LENGTH, THREADED A PART OF THE FULL LENGTH, OR TAPPED FROM BOTH ENDS. ITEMS TAPPED FROM BOTH ENDS SHALL HAVE EITHER RIGHT-HAND THREADS ON BOTH ENDS OR LEFT-HAND THREADS ON BOTH ENDS. FOR ITEMS CONFORMING TO ANY OF THE ABOVE AND HAVING A LENGTH OVERALL EXCEEDING TWO TIMES THE LARGEST OUTSIDE DIAMETER OR WIDTH ACROSS FLATS, USE POST, ELECTRICAL-MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT. FOR ITEMS WITH AN OUTSIDE CONTOUR THAT IS THE SAME THE FULL LENGTH, HAVING A CONTINUOUS THREAD THROUGH ITS ENTIRE LENGTH, AND THE LENGTH DOES NOT EXCEED TWO TIMES THE DIAMETER OR WIDTH ACROSS THE FLATS USE NUT (1), PLAIN (AS MODIFIED). EXCLUDES:NUT (1), PLAIN, CAP. SEE ALSO TURNBUCKLE BODY.]. The item is a non-aviation Critical Safety Item (CSI) whose failure will result in serious damage to equipment or serious injury or death to personnel. There is no data in the HMIRS and the NSN is in an FSC not generally suspected of containing hazardous materials. NSN 5310012535550 does not contain precious metals.
This information was last updated on Aug 01, 2025.