Quickie Question

[Tinster]

Doc Bill suggested I take out the nylok nuts
and replace them with all metal lock nuts
and Loctite red.

Fine, I have gutted the bolts and nuts from the
passenger rear quarter and purchased new grade #8s.

PROBLEM!

The specialty fastener shops don't carry Loctite,
neither does Wester Auto. Friday afternoons on the
island are bumper to bumper grid lock.

I have Sears, Home Despot, Pep Boys and Wal*Mart I
can get to today. Where does one usually go to purchase Loctite??

If Paul's trailing arm arrives today, I would like to begin
the install. Anyone know where Loctite is normally sold?

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[vagt6]

You could phone the store in advance about the Locktite to save on fossil fuel. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/hammer.gif

I purchased Blue Locktite at Sears. I would expect Pep Boys to have it also.

Pretty good stuff. Every nut on my motorcycle has it, the stuff actually works.

Good luck!

 

[davidk]

Any auto parts stores nearby? Most should have it.

 

[tomshobby]

Hi Dale,

If you cannot find Loctite threadlocker, you might look for Permatex threadlocker. Both good products.

Sears would be a good place to go or maybe Pep Boys. Maybe call first so you have minimum exposure to the traffic.

Looks like others posted while I was typing so this is all redundant.

Good luck

 

[Tinster]

Thanks All!

I'll make a try for Sears.
I have a tube of Loctite blue from TFR.
I'm guessing the red is stronger?

85* today, sunny, humid with a nice breeze.

I,m having a toneau (sp?) cover made for Tres Gatos.
$710. ouch!

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[Tosh]

Around here you can find that stuff in one or another color at Lowe's or Home Depot as well as the usual auto oriented establishments.

With the steel lock nuts I believe that Loctite is redundant.

keep on.

 

[RonMacPherson]

Both are anaerobic sealers, i.e. they "fill up" the cracks and crevices of the threads to prevent vibration and onsetting loosening.

Blue is for bolts that you want to remove from time to time(cleaning the threads and reapplying loctite each time). Red is designed for NEVER coming apart. Primary usage is for bearings into a body(on the outer shell of the bearing) where you will never want to remove them.

Yes, red is stronger.(Now don't ask about green).

 

[tomshobby]

(Now don't ask about green).

I keep a bottle of green on hand and find it useful when putting assemblies together when I don't want to take the fasteners apart again to apply the threadlocker.

 

[RonMacPherson]

See, I knew someone would share the knowledge pool!

Green acts like a wicking fluid and seeps down around the threads. Just like he said. Now anyone up for the "right Stuff" or teflon thread sealer?

 

[PeterK]

Home Depot sells it in the paint department with the glues. Blue is all you need, anything stronger and you have to use heat to remove it which is not always pratical (especially under the gas tank where your trailing ars are.)

Nylocs are fine except for the driveshaft flanges. Just use a new one every time (or so) you remove it.

 

[Brosky]

I use the white pipe thread tape that you can buy anywhere. It seals well and is easy to take apart.

 

[Tomster]

In case of emergency our tech's always used to carry a bottle of clear or bright red nail polish

 

[Brosky]

Very interesting! I never heard of that one. Gives new meaning to the term "pipe dope". Did you ever smell that stuff? No wonder women are always smiling after they get their nails done.

 

[Tinster]

Traffic was fierce even for here on a Friday
afternoon.

24 mile r/t drive took over 2.5 hours.
Home Despot's parking lot was full up so
I could not even look for the red Loctite.

It appears I'm OK with the blue.

PeterK- Ooops, now you tell me! Earlier this week
I pitched all my unused nylocs in the trash and pulled
all the in-place one out of the rear end. Today I
purchased a bag of assorted sizes of all metal lock nuts.

Well now, if Tio Sam's folks ever deliver Paul's trailing
arm, I think I have everything I need for an install.

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[piman]

Hello Tinster,

I have watched this and your earlier thread, and personally I would forget the Locktight or any other chemical thread cement.
I am happy to continue to use Nyloc nuts on drive shafts and in over twenty years of Triumph motoring have never had a bolt come loose. I think that the advice you have been given is total overkill. There should be little vibration around the drive train and the other environment that Nylocs do not like is very high temperature which does not apply here.

Alec

 

[DNK]

"Quickie Question "

Dale with you I don't think that is possible.

 

[RonMacPherson]

Do they have a Fastenal store down there? If not, you might wanna do a google and see about ordering one of their catalogs.
Also, if you've never read his work, I strongly recommend
Carroll Smith's books.

Nuts, Bolts, Fasteners and Plumbing,
Engineer to Win and Drive to Win; are textbooks that I keep on my bookshelf.

 

[Got_All_4]

If you are using lock nuts you don't need thread locker. Redundant. If you do blue would be sufficient.

 

[John_Mc]

If you are using lock nuts you don't need thread locker. Redundant. If you do blue would be sufficient.

Is it also overly redundant to use split washers with nylocs? Is it contraindicated for any reason?

 

[Tinster]

I was wondering the same thing because I bought a bunch of
split washers to go with the new all metal lock nuts,
and blue Loctite.

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