I may be wrong (it has been quite a few years.... :( ), but I think the green locktite is what you use if you never plan on taking it apart again. A friend of mine worked in a machine shop a few years ago, and a kid has used green locktite on the bolts on a motorcycle he had. They had to cut the nuts off to get it back apart. Howard On 27 Jul 2002 at 3:51, John McLean wrote: > Green Locktite is what you use for this if I'm not mistaken. > I used it on the threaded insert on my oil drain plug and it has held > for 5 or 6 oil changes so far. > > John McLean 87 Vanagon GL > > > > > While disassembling an engine I noted that the last shade tree mechanic > in there had used lock tite on every bolt. I'm nor disagreeing his use > of lock tite on the case bolts but I could see that he also used it on > the Rod Cap nuts as well. The Question: Does LOCKTITE hold up to the > high temperatures inside an engine and provide extra holding power on > something like the Rod Cap nuts? > > Stan Wilder > 83 Air Cooled Westfalia > > ________________________________________________________________ |
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