Re: Torque that nut, baby

[paisley@boulder.nist.gov (Scott W. Paisley)]

Berry Kercheval writes:

 >> Scott W. Paisley said:
 >> use some blue locktite (271 I believe)
 > 
 > 271(tm) is obsolete, according to the "Loctite User's Guide" I got at the 
 > bearing shop while picking up bearings for my airplane's nose gear.  

Thanks Berry!  That clears it up completely!  The number to use for
the crank bolt is 242 (blue).  The Obsolete 271 (red), is for more
perminate (e.g. connecting rod bolts) applications, and removal of the
bolt with the (red) loctite would not be an enjoyable experiance, IMO.
:-)

Cheers,

-Scott