Many moons ago I built equipment that hung under the wings of FA-18 fighting
hornets. We mechanically shocked, vibrated, and accelerated the bejeebers out
of that gear, per military specifications and contract. After all, in high G
maneuvers and repeated slammings on the aircraft carrier decks, they were
seeing real-life conditions that mimicked whatever we could throw at them and
the Navy didn't want them coming apart, nor did I. We used Loctite, however
our hardware not only had to be clean it had to be primered with a special
Loctite promoter. We used different colors for different applications, and
actually referred to Loctite green as 'liquid weld'. It didn't come apart
without heat. The Loctite choice was relatively inexpensive and very
effective. Anyways, it took a little diligence and called for a meticulous
nature, but I'm sure that doesn't dissuade anyone here! I still employ what I
learned then when working on equipment at home, especially my motorcycle. :)
Ed Fisher
Dallas, Tx
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