[Shop-talk] Leaky rivets

Karl Vacek kvacek at ameritech.net
Tue May 19 16:18:44 MDT 2009


It's just back from Redi-Strip.  Clean and ready to seal - though I'll shoot 
brake cleaner and then flow some metal prep down there a day before anyway.

Thanks !
Karl


> Karl Vacek wrote:
>> I worry about cyanoacrylates (crazy glue) as being too brittle - are some 
>> grades more flexible ?
>
> I'd tend to agree.
>
>> Someone on the MG T-Series list suggested green Loctite 290 - I think 
>> that's the one for already-assembled fasteners.  Anyone ever use that as 
>> a sealant ??
>
> It sounds like the best alternative, but I'd doubt that anything's going 
> to work unless and until the area around the hole, the shank, and the head 
> are clean.
>
> John.
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