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Which Loctite? (also: I HATE losing tools...)



use the blue loctite

On 9/12/06, Jeff Toomasson <area53@validpath.com> wrote:
> I'm still fuming about losing my 7mm idle adjuster wrench this weekend. Saw it
> Saturday when I first started working on the mk1, picked it up and put it
> somewhere and then couldn't find it Sunday (HUGE bang-head icon...) I wasted my
> whole 2-hour kid-free allotment looking for the f*cking thing...didn't get $hit
> done...
>
> Anyway, because I'm using a Fox intake on an ABA block, adjustment of the idle
> screw is a PITA. To make it easier, i took the angle grinder to the stalk where
> the adjuster screw sits. Well, of course I took a little too much off, but not
> too much to get a good ~1000rpm idle when adjusted properly. Unfortunately
> though, after cleaning the screw's threads, the screw keeps backing out which
> brings me to my main ? - which Loctite should I use to get the screw to not
> back out but still maintain a modicum of adjustability without ruining the
> Loctite's "grab"?
>
> Thanks!
>
> JT
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