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Old Oct 25, 2010 | 08:57 PM
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Originally Posted by TangoDown
Why the hell would somebody use Loctite to secure an air filter?
So they don't fall out while you're going down the road. Medium strength blue, or low strength purple would be sufficient.
 
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Old Oct 26, 2010 | 02:30 AM
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Originally Posted by soft 02
A crack pipe torch works great at heating them up enough to free the locktite.
Man, I shouldn't have gotten rid of my torch when I laid off the crack!
 
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Old Nov 3, 2010 | 02:46 PM
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Update: I got the air filter off. The trick was to get a good socket set of hex keys. I couldn't get enough leverage with the little "L" key set I had.

Thanks for your help guys/gals.
 
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Make sure they go back on with blue loctite, when I installed mine I didn't skimp on the stuff. Last thing you want is a screw getting sucked in!
 
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I'll pick some up in the morning. Thanks.
 
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