I need thread lock... BAD

[iluvmyjato]

i was driving my rc10gt around today when it got extremely loud. i brought it back and noticed that the screws that hold the manifold to the engine vibrated almost completely out same thing with two of the engine mount screws. long story short what is a good thread lock to get

 

[abadk9420]

I like the Blue Loctite brand, but I think any Blue lock tight will work just fine, just let it dry over night before you go run it so it all has time to dry...

 

[hamz9561]

I use the blue Loc-Tite solid that I bought from Team Fast Eddy. It's a solid, so it's easier to use and doesn't really need drying time.

 

[iluvmyjato]

So i got the loctite blue 242. Idk what the 242 part is though. is that like the temperature it can withstand? cuz if so i might have to get some new stuff

 

[Fast_Eddie_86]

loctite is labeled by numbers and each one has a different purpose. generally speaking blue loctite 242(what you bought) will to the trick for anything you are going to be using it for. here are the specs for it

blue loctite:
Locks threaded fasteners against vibration loosening
Ideal for nut and bolt applications 1/4" to 3/4" (6mm to 20mm)
Prevents threads from rusting and leaking
Removable with hand tools for easy disassembly
Temperature range: -65 degrees to 300 degrees Fahrenheit (-54 degrees to 149 degrees Celsius)

as far as what Hamz was saying , I'm thought i saw some loctite products that just came out that is i guess more the consistency of paste or something like that. definitely worth while and way less messy.

 

[bduce77]

Blue if you use red it will never come undone and it will be about impossible to unsrew your self.

so just use blue

 

[beason]

i had this issue with my rc10gt. thread lock didnt work. i ended up using longer screws and squeezing a nylon lock nut onto the end of it.

 

[ThunderTiger]

I always use NAIL VARNISH or a drop of cyano and it works just as well. I have nuts and bolts on my buggy that i used nail varnish on 5 years ago and they are still locked in place..............

Just throwin an idea out there for ya

 

[beason]

I always use NAIL VARNISH or a drop of cyano and it works just as well. I have nuts and bolts on my buggy that i used nail varnish on 5 years ago and they are still locked in place..............

Just throwin an idea out there for ya

AND, if you break a nail, you got it covered!!:

 

[ThunderTiger]

hey beason, I only use the crystal clear stuff, i aint a "new age man" ya know

 

[Rolex]

it will be about impossible to unsrew your self.

That won't be good, since people are ALWAYS telling me to screw myself.

 

[ThunderTiger]

oh trust me rolex, that cyano seal is easily breakable if you use the right cyano on the bolt to lock it and the right hex drive to remove the bolt.........

Ask me how i know, i dare ya !

 

[moe7404]

now we arnt sniffing this stuff are we?

 

[Rolex]

Ask me how i know, i dare ya !

How do you know?

 

[ThunderTiger]

how i know, is i use cyano on the bolts of every single one of my r/c rigs :

 

[Rolex]

Actually, one of the advantages to thread loc is that it retains some flexibility, whereas the Cyano Acrylate gets very hard and brittle and is subject to breaking loose under vibration or hard impact.

 

[RC Addict]

Actually, one of the advantages to thread loc is that it retains some flexibility, whereas the Cyano Acrylate gets very hard and brittle and is subject to breaking loose under vibration or hard impact.

Much like Ralph.

 

[Rolex]

LMAO!
I wouldn't have believed that, but after all, it was said by the KING OF THE INTERNET.

 

[ThunderTiger]

Rolex, i use the "gel" type cyano (super duper thick and super duper sticky), it never fails me.

Now, why did that sound like I meant something else ?

You wouldn't believe half the stuff i have used as thread lock, believe you me....

 

[Rolex]

I just don't want to know. :whhooo:

Actually, the thick CA would work, but not the thin.