From: courtenay <www.austin7.ipfox.com>
[email protected]
Date: 16 Apr 2002
Time: 11:10:51
Remote Name: 203.173.161.144
Hi all, This is an interesting debate I have watched develop. When I worked in the aircraft industry, Loctite was used routinely for a number of applications. 515 & 518 were naturally available, and life-ex stock ended up in the garage where it has been very useful on those of the 36 cars I have owned requiring expensive gaskets. Often mechs would use it in addition to a gasket (on cars only, unless a/c service manuals dictated) This practice alleviates the separation problem, requiring only MEK to clean up. (Loctite cleaners are very expensive) other grades/strengths of flange sealer are available that don't go off so fiercely. A point that I haven't seen here - this type of sealant only does it's job under pressure, so unlike conventional silicon sealer, no hard globules of silicon are able to break off to find the nearest oil gallery to block! The excess squeezed out is either easily cleaned away or dissolved into the engine oil. For joining two aluminium castings, or breaks there is a good selection of products, including "super glues" 401,402, etc. these numbers will change between countries, incidentally. Another very useful product is "quick metal" press fit repair - ideal for hub and flywheel tapers!! Perhaps some of you would benefit from using a nut locking compound. a strong one like 242 could be used on your brass wheel nuts.(just too bad if you get a flat away from a rattler gun!!)