[TowerTalk] Lockwasher Comparison

[jimlux]

On 7/26/16 12:52 PM, Roger (K8RI) on TT wrote:
> For you, or us on a small scale (and time to make sure the bolts are
> clean), it may be, but apparently for industry, it's not.
>
> 73
>
> Roger (K8RI)
>
>
> On 7/25/2016 Monday 7:37 PM, Joe Giacobello, K2XX via TowerTalk wrote:
>> Thread locking adhesive is the answer to this problem.  Loctite,
>> Permabond, etc.
>>
>> 7

Depends on the industry.  Most automotive applications are heavy users 
of thread locking adhesives. Take a frame, body, or suspension bolt out, 
and likely as not, there's a blue stripe on it.

In space applications, we tend not to use thread locking adhesives: 
tradition, careful measurement of running and final torque, and lots of 
staking of the heads/nuts using external adhesives.  There's also always 
a concern about outgassing, although I'm sure one could find 
threadlocking adhesives that don't outgas.

We do use Solithane sometimes.