Material handling implement with wear component securement

A method of securing a wear component to a lip of a material handling implement, the method comprising:

• positioning the wear component on the lip;
• installing a clamp into an opening formed through the lip;
• engaging surfaces of the clamp with profiles formed in respective legs of the wear component;
• installing a wedge into the opening, a first face of the wedge engaging the clamp and an opposing second face of the wedge engaging a surface of the opening;
• and
• rotating a shaft in the clamp, thereby compressing a biasing device in the clamp and exerting a biasing force that biases the wedge into the opening, in which the rotating comprises rotating an externally threaded member that engages teeth formed on the wedge first face.

A fastening system for securing a wear component to a lip of a material handling implement, the fastening system comprising:

• a clamp having opposing inwardly facing surfaces configured to engage profiles formed in respective legs of the wear component;
• a wedge having opposing first and second faces, the first face having a series of teeth formed therein, and the second face being configured to engage a surface of an opening formed through the lip;
• a shaft positioned in the clamp;
• an externally threaded member rotatable by the shaft, and the threaded member being engaged with the wedge teeth;
• and
• a biasing device that exerts an axially biasing force against the threaded member.