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...on the screw holding my seat...
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Which I've just done and discovered that it rather confusingly comes in a red bottle! It does have a small blue flash on it and mine is Loctite 243, for future reference. I've thrown away the Brand X stuff I was using.
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From: NOVA
Originally Posted by HarleyScuba
I use the purple, low-strength Loctite for the rear seat bolt, because I frequently change saddles. You don't want to need too much force to loosen that bolt, or the hole in the fender and/or the nut gets boogered. There's a notch in the fender hole that keeps the nut from spinning. I've also encountered having the nut break in two, before I started using the purple.
and you can buy thread chasers for the hole the bolt goes in, but I've never had a problem with bolt or hole damage after just knocking the loctite off the threads of the bolt.
But if you're having trouble removing the bolts; You're either using way too much loctite, over tightening things, or using the wrong strength, shitty tools, or need some heat. Loctite can be "uncured" once heated to 500*F
Last edited by 2500hdon37s; Nov 7, 2015 at 04:38 PM.
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From: NOVA
Originally Posted by tloc1000
How do you get it off the bolts you're taking off? I've messed up the thread on some bolts that has some old loctight still on them.
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Wire brush! Make a point of using a Loctite that is intended for easy disassembly, such as the 243 I have just bought.
Blue seems safe to put on everything. Red is REALLY gnarly. You will find this out quickly if you ever use red on something and then need to get it off later, that ****'s intense.