Return-Path: Received: from [24.25.9.102] (HELO ms-smtp-03-eri0.southeast.rr.com) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3c2) with ESMTP id 796940 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Wed, 16 Mar 2005 22:03:13 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=24.25.9.102; envelope-from=echristley@nc.rr.com Received: from [192.168.0.100] (cpe-065-187-243-074.nc.rr.com [65.187.243.74]) by ms-smtp-03-eri0.southeast.rr.com (8.12.10/8.12.7) with ESMTP id j2H32Qkc013589 for ; Wed, 16 Mar 2005 22:02:26 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <4238F33B.7060407@nc.rr.com> Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 22:02:19 -0500 From: Ernest Christley User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.9 (X11/20041127) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: RD2-C - threadlocker References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine > You probably want the purple loctite since a threadlocker is optional > anyway - I think this is the #222 / small screw threadlocker; this > breaks loose easily but does protect against vibration. I know that > the blue is #242 (removable) and is what I usually use but it can > require pretty high force to break loose. The red is #262 (permanent) > and can be pretty tough to get loose and sometimes requires heat. > They seem to make a product for everything - the RV guys have even > found that the green (#290 I think) will stop a leaking gas tank > rivet! I bet Bill Jepson has some real war stories about this stuff! > The dirt bike racers keep the bikes together with this stuff since > they don't usually use safety wire. > Is there any difference in loctite at the hardware store and the stuff sold as 'airplane loctite', or is that all just marketing and the color codes tell the whole story?