Date:         Wed, 24 May 2000 08:20:49 -0700
Reply-To:     Mark Mages <wasserbox@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         Mark Mages <wasserbox@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Fw:      D6 locking compound
Comments: To: "Roy O." <keepsake@PANGEA.CA>
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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?
>
> I used a product called Loctite which is essentially
> the same as D6. It's a
> paste that, when applied to the threads of a screw
> or bolt, will prevent the
> said bolt/screw from working it's way out due to
> vibration.
> Loctite and similar products are available at any
> hardware/auto store. Make sure
> you get the kind that will allow the bolt to be
> removed should you ever need to
> do so in the future.
>
> Roy O.
> '87 Westfalia GL
> (till death us do part)


=====
Mark

87 Westfalia Gl
84 Scirocco 8v

http://student.fortlewis.edu/~mwmages/

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