WEAR ASSEMBLY

A wear member (12) for excavating equipment comprises a front end (60), a rear end (62), and a socket (70) opening in the rear end for receiving a supporting nose (14), the socket (70) being defined by top, bottom and side walls (100-103) and having a longitudinal axis. The side walls (102, 103) each include a pair of inclined stabilizing surfaces (114-117) that converge in a transverse direction toward a central location along the respective side wall (131) and define an inward projection, and each said stabilizing surface extending substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis. The stabilizing surfaces (114-117) in each said pair may be angled relative to each other in a transverse direction at an obtuse angle (alpha).