I've never had a problem with Red Locktite as long as you torque it
forward before you try to remove the part. You need to crack the stuff
lose and open up the thread gap.
On Oct 17, 2009, at 12:58 PM, Mike Mehl wrote:
> For what ever it is worth don't use the red loctite unless you want
> to use a torch to take the stuff apart. The Blue works great. To
> have the best result use a primer (loctite makes it). Also use
> Loctite brand. There really is a difference. You can get the blue
> in a stick (like chapstick), gel and liquid. We sell the stuff at
> our company. I have been through a bunch of their training.
>
> Mike
>
> From: Bill Babcock <billb@bnj.com>
> To: Scott Janzen <s.janzen@comcast.net>
> Cc: 'Friends of Triumph' Triumph <fot@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Sat, October 17, 2009 8:50:37 AM
> Subject: Re: [Fot] AN hardware and halfshafts
>
> Probably the Nylocks. They don't lock well against impact. I'd try
> self locking AN with a hard washer, or perhaps red locktite. No idea
> why the rest of the stuff is working and these aren't.
> On Oct 17, 2009, at 8:42 AM, Scott Janzen wrote:
>
> > My GT 6, with a welded diff, has the halfshaft u-joints bolted to it
> > with AN6 hardware. I was checking out various things under the car
> > two events ago and noticed that all of the bolts/nyloc nuts were
> about
> > 1/8-1/4 turn loose. I tightened them up, but after the next event
> > they were about one flat loose again. There's no way to get a
> torque
> > wrench at these, given the proximity to the diff and the u joint on
> > the other end of the bolts, so I just give them a good yank with
> hand
> > wrenches.
> >
> > Question - are these stretching, working loose (with nyloc), or are
> > the AN washers, which I find to be fairly soft, compressing? I
> really
> > lean on the wrenches, so I am amazed the nuts are loosening. I know
> > the welded diff puts a lot of stress on the system, but none of the
> > hardware on the outer u joints or the drive shaft, all of which have
> > smaller hardware, is loosening, and the events I'm talking about are
> > only hillclimbs - not a lot of driving time at all.
> >
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