Loc-tite comes in many different formulations and strengths (red, blue, etc.). Some are designed to do exactly what Mark described - never come off. Some are designed to basically act the same way the nylon insert nuts work - just to stop it from rattling off. Be sure you pick up the type that is most appropriate to your application. I used to work in a machine shop and we had green loctite called RetRing which was designed to hold in bearing races, etc. If you got it on your fingers, it would stick your fingers together. Keith Adams Calgary, Alberta, Canada 1986 Vanagon GL Westfalia Mark Mages wrote: > Yah - and make darned sure that you won't need to pull > the bolt for a looong time before the loc-tite sets > up. It took me 45minutes with a pipe wrench to get a > loc-tited tie rod off last month. That stuff works > well, but is EVIL once it has set. > > Mark > --- "Roy O." <keepsake@PANGEA.CA> wrote: > > > Bentley makes some references to use D6 locking > > compound (in my case: > > > putting ouside door handle back on). What is it > > and where do I get it? |
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