Vintage Grumble Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 Hi there. Does anyone know what sort of thread locker you are meant to use in diffs/gearboxes to lock up crown wheel bolts? Normally in my diff lock tabs are used, but because of the shape of the new lsd, they cant be used, so need to use a thread locker that can handle oil and heat. My inlaws had some form of loctite fail on them, and destroy a gearbox, so I want to get it rite. Also, to get a correct torque reading, one would have to oil the bolts, torque them up, mark the position of the head, undo them, clean the crap out of them, then apply the thread lock and do them back up to the mark? Any info on this would be chursome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOHC Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 Could you drill the bolt head conners and use lock wire? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintage Grumble Posted November 18, 2013 Author Share Posted November 18, 2013 Could do, but dont really want to, as it would be a lot of fucking about, and I dont want to weaken the bolts in any way. The heads of the bolts are not very thick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Testament Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 there are many many types of loctite - get the right one for your application? or maybe your inlaws just did it wrong/had a dud batch/failed for some other reason and then blamed loctite because inlaws Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock-Lee Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 WTF happened to the resident loctite guy you had in store? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spencer Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 Just use the super thread lock and never be able to get the apart again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rookie Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 Welder? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintage Grumble Posted November 19, 2013 Author Share Posted November 19, 2013 there are many many types of loctite - get the right one for your application? or maybe your inlaws just did it wrong/had a dud batch/failed for some other reason and then blamed loctite because inlaws The first one they used couldnt handle the heat I think. They next one they used seems to be all good, but just wanted to check which one is the go/if there was another brand of goop made for the job. If the loctite tech guy would answer his phone, i'd hit him up. WTF happened to the resident loctite guy you had in store? Dont trust him/hes half assed as fuck/will tell you anything will work sweet then lol when it fails. Just use the super thread lock and never be able to get the apart again. I'll find out what the inlaws are using now and see what the specs say I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spencer Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 Use the most common super threadlock one, 271? or maybe 278 high temp. If you clean and prep shit properly it won't fail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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