1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
   Zminda, Margaret B.
   847 Clover Drive
   North Wales, PA 19454
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
   SPS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (ST)
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
4. Statement for Month/Year
   2/2002
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
   ( ) Director                   ( ) 10% Owner
   (X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below)
   Treasurer, Asst. Secretary, & Director, Investor Relations
7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
   (X) Form filed by One Reporting Person
   ( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

TABLE I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

+---------------------------------+----------+-------------+-----------------------------+----------------+-----------+------------+
|1. Title of Security             |2. Trans- |3. Trans-    |4. Securities Acquired (A)   |5. Amount of    |6. Owner-  |7. Nature   |
|                                 |   action |   action    |   or Disposed of (D)        |   Securities   |   ship    |   of In-   |
|                                 |   Date   |   Code      |                             |   Beneficially |   Form:   |   direct   |
|                                 |          |             |                             |   Owned at     |   Direct  |   Bene-    |
|                                 |  (Month/ |             |                             |   End of       |   (D) or  |   ficial   |
|                                 |   Day/   +-------+-----+-----------+------+----------+   Month        |   Indirect|   Owner-   |
|                                 |   Year)  |Code   |V    |Amount     |A/D   |Price     |                |   (I)     |   ship     |
+---------------------------------+----------+-------+-----+-----------+------+----------+----------------+-----------+------------+
                                                                                            
Common Stock                       12/31/2001 J         69          A      $0.0000    748              D





TABLE II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

+-------------+--------+----------+---------+-----------+---------------------+----------------+----------+--------+-------+-------+
|1.           |2.      |3.        |4.       |5.         |6.                   |7.              |8.        |9.      |10.    |11.    |
|             |        |          |         |           |                     |                |          |Number  |Owner- |       |
|             |        |          |         |           |                     |                |          |of      |ship   |       |
|             |        |          |         |           |                     |                |          |Deriv-  |Form of|       |
|             |        |          |         |           |                     |Title and Amount|          |ative   |Deriv- |       |
|             |        |          |         |           |                     |of Underlying   |          |Secur-  |ative  |Nature |
|             |Conver- |          |         |Number of  |                     |Securities      |          |ities   |Secur- |of     |
|             |sion or |          |         |Derivative |Date Exercisable     +-------+--------+          |Benefi- |ity:   |In-    |
|             |Exercise|          |         |Securities |and Expiration Date  |       |Amount  |          |cially  |Direct |direct |
|             |Price of|Transac-  |Transac- |Acquired(A)|(Month/Day/Year)     |       |or      |          |Owned   |(D) or |Bene-  |
|Title of     |Deriv-  |tion Date |tion Code|Disposed(D)+----------+----------+       |Number  |Price of  |at End  |In-    |ficial |
|Derivative   |ative   |(Month/   +------+--+-----+-----+Date Exer-|Expira-   |       |of      |Derivative|of      |direct |Owner- |
|Security     |Security|Day/Year) |Code  |V |(A)  |(D)  |cisable   |tion Date |Title  |Shares  |Security  |Month   |(I)    |ship   |
+-------------+--------+----------+------+--+-----+-----+----------+----------+-------+--------+----------+--------+-------+-------+
                                                                                  
Non Qualified  $32.9375                                             02/09/2010 Common                      509      D
Stock Options                                                                  Stock
Non Qualified  $34.435  02/13/2002 A      V  499         02/13/2003 02/12/2012 Common  499      $0.0000    499      D
Stock Options                                                              Stock
Non Qualified  $49.2813                                             10/26/2008 Common                      230      D
Stock Options                                                                  Stock
Non Qualified  $51.1                                                02/14/2011 Common                      608      D
Stock Options                                                                  Stock
Incentive      $32.9375                                             02/09/2010 Common                      1991     D
Stock Options                                                                  Stock
Incentive      $33.9063                                             02/09/2007 Common                      3000     D
Stock Options                                                                  Stock
Incentive      $34.435  02/13/2002 A      V  2001        02/13/2003 02/12/2012 Common  2001     $0.0000    2001     D
Stock Options                                                              Stock
Incentive      $41.0938                                             02/01/2008 Common                      2000     D
Stock Options                                                                  Stock
Incentive      $49.2813                                             10/26/2008 Common                      4770     D
Stock Options                                                                  Stock
Incentive      $51.1                                                02/14/2011 Common                      1892     D
Stock Options                                                                  Stock

Explanation of Responses:


Shares acquired under Company's Employees Savings and Investment Plan during the
year at no cost to the reporting person.

These options were granted as an incentive to the recipient and the number
granted was calculated using the fair market value of the Company's common stock
on  the grant date.  20% of the options granted become exercisable one year
after the grant date,and the remainder become exercisable in annual 20%
increments thereafter.



SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/s/ Margaret B. Zminda

DATE
03/08/2002