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Re: [TowerTalk] dxengineering U-bolts froze??

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] dxengineering U-bolts froze??
From: Les Kalmus <w2lk@bk-lk.com>
Reply-to: w2lk@bk-lk.com, "Tower and HF antenna construction topics." <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 22:32:57 -0400
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Not a chance. It was blue, I bought a small tube at HD and used it up.
I think either 242 or 243 would work.
My purpose was to ensure that the bolts never came loose since I was 
living in a coop building full of lawyers : )

Les W2LK

Glenn Thorne wrote:
> Any chance you remember which grade of Loctite?
>
> Glenn KD0Q
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> Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 12:39 PM
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>> I used Loctite on SS nuts and bolts on a beam and its boom attachments
>> on a tower in Manhattan.
>> When it was removed about 8 years later, there was no galling, easy
>> removal and everything was reusable.
>> It worked fine.
>>
>> Les W2LK
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] dxengineering U-bolts froze??
>> From: "May, Mark J." <mjmay@uic.edu>
>> Date: Wed, April 14, 2010 7:59 am
>> To: "Tower and HF antenna construction topics."
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>> I spoke with our Loctite rep. He said that Loctite with work to preclude
>> galling on stainless fasteners. Might be a thought.
>>
>> Regards
>> Mark K9TP
>>
>> On Wed, April 14, 2010 1:57 am, Richard (Rick) Karlquist wrote:
>>     
>>> Because nylok nuts don't come in galvanized.
>>>
>>> Robert wrote:
>>>       
>>>> With the potential problems with galling with stainless u-bolts why not
>>>> use
>>>> galvanized? Just curious!
>>>>
>>>> Bob W7KD
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