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

[sailingfc at dslextreme.com (sailingfc@dslextreme.com)]

And if you absolutely have to use Loctite, use the purple stuff, Loctite
Threadlocker 222.
It's marketed as a low strength, seviceable threadlocker.
GL.
-Dick-


Allyn
> The non-dried-out-normally-shaped o-ring IS the loctite for this item.
> HTH
> Al
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jeff Toomasson [mailto:area53@validpath.com]
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 11:14 AM
>> To: Scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>> Subject: Which Loctite? (also: I HATE losing tools...)
>>
>> 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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