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Which Loctite? (also: I HATE losing tools...)
The non-dried-out-normally-shaped o-ring IS the loctite for this item.
HTH
Al
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Toomasson [mailto:area53@validpath.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 11:14 AM
> To: Scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: Which Loctite? (also: I HATE losing tools...)
>
> I'm still fuming about losing my 7mm idle adjuster wrench
> this weekend. Saw it Saturday when I first started working on
> the mk1, picked it up and put it somewhere and then couldn't
> find it Sunday (HUGE bang-head icon...) I wasted my whole
> 2-hour kid-free allotment looking for the f*cking
> thing...didn't get $hit done...
>
> Anyway, because I'm using a Fox intake on an ABA block,
> adjustment of the idle screw is a PITA. To make it easier, i
> took the angle grinder to the stalk where the adjuster screw
> sits. Well, of course I took a little too much off, but not
> too much to get a good ~1000rpm idle when adjusted properly.
> Unfortunately though, after cleaning the screw's threads, the
> screw keeps backing out which brings me to my main ? - which
> Loctite should I use to get the screw to not back out but
> still maintain a modicum of adjustability without ruining the
> Loctite's "grab"?
>
> Thanks!
>
> JT
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