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RE: Thoughts on loctite?

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Subject: RE: Thoughts on loctite?
From: "Gordon Glasgow" <gsglasgow@attbi.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 22:16:28 -0700
What the heck type of Loctite did you get? You want Threadlocker 242 for
general engine stuff.

Gordon Glasgow
Renton, WA
www.gordon-glasgow.org


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of
> ambradley@attbi.com
> Sent: Monday, April 21, 2003 9:46 PM
> To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> Subject: Thoughts on loctite?
>
>
> I was thinking of using loctite on my flywheel and engine backing
> plate bolts,
> but I'm concerned about the info on the back of the package.
> Once loctited,
> to remove the bolts, I need to heat them to 500 degrees?  Does
> that mean that
> once I do this, if I need to pull the flywheel off for any
> reason, I'm going
> to have to take a torch to the bolts?  Is this a good thing, or
> should I skip
> the loctite?
>
> Also, I don't have the two-bolt locking tabs and was told many
> cars use star
> washers, so that was my plan.  Is using star lock washers a
> problem, or should
> I go buy a set of the original two-bolt bend up things?

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