[TowerTalk] dxengineering U-bolts froze??

Les Kalmus w2lk at bk-lk.com
Wed Apr 14 19:32:57 PDT 2010


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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> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] dxengineering U-bolts froze??
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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 at uic.edu>
>> Date: Wed, April 14, 2010 7:59 am
>> To: "Tower and HF antenna construction topics."
>> <towertalk at contesting.com>
>>
>> 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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