Loctite high strength thread locker

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Re: Loctite high strength thread locker

Post by Lorgar » 04 Feb 2018, 10:11 pm

Wes wrote:I've read comments like this on the red loctite before. Honestly I don't get where you really need to use it when it's so crazy strong and the regular strength work so well anyway?


I believe the highest strength stuff is really intended for stuff like aviation, situations where fasteners coming lose can genuinely mean life or death.

If a bolt comes off one of your fourby accessories on the highway you pull over and sort it out once you hear it clanging about.

If they're falling out of your prop while you're flying it's a whole different story :lol:
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Re: Loctite high strength thread locker

Post by on_one_wheel » 04 Feb 2018, 10:20 pm

Wes wrote:I've read comments like this on the red loctite before. Honestly I don't get where you really need to use it when it's so crazy strong and the regular strength work so well anyway?


There's a place for the red stuff.

It's sold as "permanent locking" for things like studs that you don't want to spin out when you remove the nut.

I like to use it on high stress fastners like flex plate to torque converter bolts and have used it on heavy machinery on big threads that are prone to coming loose.
I believe that the temperature rating of the red stuff is a little higher than the blue stuff as well so no doubt there's benefits to that in some applications.
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Re: Loctite high strength thread locker

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Re: Loctite high strength thread locker

Post by Lorgar » 05 Feb 2018, 3:01 pm

andreweden wrote:tool expectations


:lol:

Those breaker bars are the ticket. I have a 60cm bar and socket for my 4WD wheels.

Makes removing the nuts a breeze compared to those useless bloody wheel nut wrenches you get from the factory :roll:
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Re: Loctite high strength thread locker

Post by sungazer » 05 Feb 2018, 6:00 pm

Yeah I actually went and read the packet for the 263 stuff and it says permanent on studs below 25mm
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Re: Loctite high strength thread locker

Post by sungazer » 05 Feb 2018, 6:04 pm

I have put it on some Stainless Name escapes me but the threads that you screw into a bold hole that has stripped. I had some tapped some Aluminum with 6mm tap and it stripped after a few weeks use. I drilled it out an put in the stainless thread and shes as good as gold now better than when I first made it.
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Re: Loctite high strength thread locker

Post by Daddybang » 05 Feb 2018, 6:39 pm

Lorgar wrote:Those breaker bars are the ticket. I have a 60cm bar and socket for my 4WD wheels.

Makes removing the nuts a breeze compared to those useless bloody wheel nut wrenches you get from the factory :roll:


Yep especially when ya get a heap of dust or grit in the threads...or the bloke at the tyre shop rattles the nuts up till they imprint on the rims :lol: :drinks:
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Re: Loctite high strength thread locker

Post by Gregg » 10 Feb 2018, 3:34 pm

Daddybang wrote:or the bloke at the tyre shop rattles the nuts up till they imprint on the rims :lol: :drinks:


There's one at every shop :roll:
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Re: Loctite high strength thread locker

Post by pomemax » 11 Feb 2018, 10:56 am

sungazer wrote:I have put it on some Stainless Name escapes me but the threads that you screw into a bold hole that has stripped. I had some tapped some Aluminum with 6mm tap and it stripped after a few weeks use. I drilled it out an put in the stainless thread and shes as good as gold now better than when I first made it.

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Re: Loctite high strength thread locker

Post by JimTom » 11 Feb 2018, 12:33 pm

243 Blue is what my local gunshot reckons. I used it recently when putting a set of rings on my Tikka.
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