Date:         Wed, 24 May 2000 18:57:00 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@IBM.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@IBM.NET>
Subject:      Re: Fw:      D6 locking compound
Comments: To: Mark Mages <wasserbox@YAHOO.COM>
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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
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'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
'85 GL "Poor Relation"