At 11:20 5/24/2000, 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. Maybe it was the wrong Loc-tite? They sell about five grades of the stuff (red, blue, green? purple etc -- all in little red bottles of course). The red stuff is meant for studs -- you're not supposed to be able to remove it without heating, I think. Blue (#242 I believe) is meant for ordinary use and removal with hand tools. There's another one that will wick into an existing joint, and another that's meant for delicate stuff. david David Beierl - Providence, RI http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage" '85 GL "Poor Relation" |
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