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May 26, 2020 11:35:31 GMT
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Can anybody recommend an all round theadlocker. Lost my old bottle of loctite and after a quick look, there seems to be loads to choose from.
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melle
South West
It'll come out in the wash.
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May 26, 2020 11:47:41 GMT
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Depends on the application (tolerance, strength etc.), the Loctite website should have a selection guide.
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May 26, 2020 17:48:22 GMT
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Be very careful about which one you buy - as you say, there are loads of them. I bought a "bargain" bottle of Loctite at a show a few years ago, something like £5 for a bottle rather than the little tube you normally get for that money. Turns out that this stuff is quite sticky, in that it seems to almost need a nuclear blast to free it off. Someone posted that they'd fixed a 1/2" bolt into a suitable hole in the end of a piece of mild steel bar using this stuff, and the bolt sheared before it came out.
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May 26, 2020 18:28:00 GMT
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Think it was loctite 222- low strength general purpose
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May 26, 2020 18:36:42 GMT
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248 is a general use one , Halfords stock it as such.
I'm with you on how confusing it is ... I'm guessing its because clever boffins work out exactly what strength they need for each application hence the range. I have to use a specific one on stuff to go offshore , cannot remember which grade but its expensive !
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May 26, 2020 18:43:49 GMT
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Looks like the stuff I've been using is Loctite 243, thread lock and seal.
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