See the discussion here from a few weeks back about dissimilar metals and
various loctite and anti-sieze compounds.
At 11:58 AM 1/27/99 PST, you wrote:
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>>The four bolts that hold the two halves of one of my Ham-4
>>Rotors have loosened up. In fact one of them has fallen
>>out and I can't find it. Has anybody tried Loctite
>>Blue on these? Anything special about these bolts other
>>than the fact that they are Taptite 12-24x 3/4"? I guess
>>Taptite means that they come with the captive lockwasher?
>>I was thinking of looking for some locally to speed up the
>>repair job. Thanks.
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>>Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
>>Yuma, AZ
>>K6LL@juno.com
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>Loctite certainly has its place. But I'm not sure I understand the
>concept of loctiting the hell out of everything. Loctite is for
>permanent installations. There are VERY few things in ham radio that are
>permanent, and trying to get a loctited bolt out, or replacing one with
>a new bolt in a hole that's had loctite in it is difficult at best.
>There's gotta be a better way.
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