Date:         Sun, 2 Jan 2005 21:48:58 -0800
Reply-To:     Jeffrey Schwaia <jeff@VANAGONPARTS.COM>
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From:         Jeffrey Schwaia <jeff@VANAGONPARTS.COM>
Subject:      Re: put goo on gaskets or not? Laze it...
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I've used Loctite 574 for years.  VWs and Porsches seems to like it.  Back
when I was rebuilding type 1 engines for a living I used the blue stuff
(can't remember the name) that was used on Rolls Royce engines.  Work very
well, but expensive.

BTW: Loctite is a German company, perhaps that's why it's specified for so
many German cars...

Cheers,

Jeff
www.vanagonparts.com



-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
Of jimt
Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2005 9:30 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: put goo on gaskets or not? Laze it...


While doing a search to see what adhesives VW is using on todays vehicles I
ran across this.  (all their thread locker and bearing sleeve stuff appears
to still all be loctite)

Think of how much of a vehicle 70 meters of lazer welding is.

http://www.autofieldguide.com/articles/050407.html


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