A Question about Thread Locker!

Jul 16, 2005 4 Replies
M

I recently bought some Great Planes thread locker. It's the blue stuff, and it says on the bottle removable. I hope that is the case.



On my OS Max LA 40, a wonderful reliable economical little engine, the back plate the needle valve is mounted on kept coming loose until I applied some thread lock. Everytime it came loose, I had to remove the engine from the plane, a very tiring job!



Now I never expect to have a need to remove the back plate bracket, but if I do, will it come off? I read someplace that aluminum threads strip out quite easily when thread lock is used.



Any comments?



Ciao,



Mr Akimoto



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M

I have used the blue stuff (old Locktite 242) and never had it fail to release. I cannot guarantee it will come off. However, I would expect it to come off without damaging things.

-- Mike Norton.

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M

On Sat, 16 Jul 2005 19:35:17 -0500, "Mike Norton" wrote in :

Same here.

Just leave it be for now.

If you're lucky, you'll never have to find out the answer to your question. ;o)

Marty

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K

Nothing to worry about. The Blue will come off easily , the RED is the one thats more or less permanent , although it can be removed with heat.

Ken Day

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