National Stock Number
2815-00-073-8147
National Stock Number (NSN) 2815-00-073-8147, or NIIN 000738147, (lock,valve spring retainer) was assigned January 1, 1963 in the Federal Logistics Information System (FLIS). This NIIN is Available for Manual Assignment. This NSN replaces 2 stock numbers: 2805003749446, 5365004062215.
There are 12 manufacturer part numbers associated with this NSN. 9 of those part number(s) are considered obsolete. The manufacturer part numbers were originally supplied by 11 suppliers. Today, 6 suppliers are listed as Active suppliers for this NSN. Of the active suppliers, 2 suppliers are deemed design controlled or valid supply parts.
This part number has not been procured by the US Government in over 5 years, with the most recent procurement date of Sep 04, 2014. There has been one contract issued for this part number, with one award given. The US Government has only awarded those contracts to one supplier. The last contract numbers awarded were: SPE7L214M2471. The total value of the awarded contracts has been US$ 450.00.
This NSN is somewhat common among different platforms, belonging to 3 different weapons systems.
There has been very little demand for this national stock number. The demand for this NSN originated from less than 5 countries. Based on a planned procurement review by the Primary Inventory Control Activity (PICA) on May 21, 2008, this NSN's acquisition method was noted as: Acquire directly from the actual manufacturer, whether or not the prime contractor is the actual manufacturer. The data needed to produce this item from additional sources is not physically available. Valid AMCs: 3, 4 and 5.
This NSN is assigned to Item Name Code (INC) 15883. [A METAL ITEM DESIGNED FOR THE PURPOSE OF SECURING AN ENGINE OR COMPRESSOR VALVE AND POSITIONING THE VALVE SPRING OR VALVE SPRING RETAINER. EXCLUDES:COTTER PINS, STRAIGHT PINS, KEYS AND WASHERS.]. This item does not have a nuclear hardened feature but does have other critical feature(s) such as tolerance, fit restriction or application. There is no data in the HMIRS and the NSN is in an FSC not generally suspected of containing hazardous materials. NSN 2815000738147 contains an unknown precious metal.
This information was last updated on May 01, 2025.