Anybody here ever user 'loctite' on scews?

[Virdi]

Hi all

As many of you probably have experienced.... screws sometimes work there way lose on RC cars etc..

So has anybody ever used something like 'loctite' (thread-locker / nut locker) to keep the screws in place?

....or this is a bad idea?

Thanks

Edited September 30, 2008 by Virdi

[magoo]

Hi all

As many of you probably have experienced.... screws sometimes work there way lose on RC cars etc..

So has anybody ever used something like 'loctite' (thread-locker / nut locker) to keep the screws in place?

....or this is a bad idea?

Thanks

ALL screws that go into metal should be threadlocked as should most screws into plastic!!!!

[Virdi]

oh!!

So this is common practice??

Edited September 30, 2008 by Virdi

[rush-evo]

oh!!

So this is common practice??

My mate uses loctite on everything lol

Its fine to use on rc's

Ben

[joe of loath]

loctite melts plastic... don't use it on it! use superglue or none at all, as due to the properties of the plastic it should hold the screws nicely.

[Captain_Caveman]

If you are using steal screws and screwing into alluminium (or evening alluminium screws that are a different grade to what you are screwing into) then don't use loctite as it will make things even harder.

Use a little bit of copper slip, the 2 different types of metals react which each other and started to phuse (im sure thats not how you spell it) together, hence why people round off screws. Putting a bit of copper slip on them will stop this from happening. If you use a decent allen driver you should be able to tighten things up enough to prevent them from coming loose. I wouldn't recomend using standard L shaped allen ekys on anything at all.

You shouldn't need to use loctite, superglue or anything on plastic. I only ever used superglue (well i used araldite) on associated diff casings because they were crap and always stripped the threads in them.

[tt-01 mamba]

Anything that's aluminium touching aluminium i loctite.

If i'm using nuts that have a rubber seal in them (like wheel nuts) i don't use as it damages the rubber bit.

Plastic to plastic/metal i don't bother using unless the plastic part does not have a thread in it.

Most of the time i use blue but on places like engine mounts that won't need to come off during a normal stripdown ill use red.

[Zizzle77]

I've never put loctite on anything! Never lost any srews/bolts either. Seen a few come lose but i regularly check them.

[Furious]

I forgot to put loctite on my 4 engine screws once and it came loose while i was using i that wasnt so good lol

[badger906]

1st thing i go when i get a car is loctite every screw thats on the bottom of the chassis

adam

[Captain_Caveman]

Anything that's aluminium touching aluminium i loctite.

If i'm using nuts that have a rubber seal in them (like wheel nuts) i don't use as it damages the rubber bit.

Plastic to plastic/metal i don't bother using unless the plastic part does not have a thread in it.

Most of the time i use blue but on places like engine mounts that won't need to come off during a normal stripdown ill use red.

Lol, you don't use loctite on lock nuts because it damages the plastic bit?

The whole idea of the plastic but is so you don't need to use loctite

If your using stud luck, rather than thread lock....lets hope you have some decent allen drivers

[h_nitro]

hey mate.

i use loctite on most of my screws in my rc's. ie. on grub screws, ect.

if you do use it, only use a small amount. it works for me, and i havent had any problems with it yet.

hope this helps

hayden

[tt-01 mamba]

only use a small amount.

+1

I put a drop of loctite on a piece of plastic. then dip the tip of the screw in it. It's alot easier than trying to use it directly from the bottle

[Captain_Caveman]

Yep, when it is nessecary to use loctite, only use a tiny bit (more so that it only fills the depth of the thread). If you use to much it will take a long time to set, if you use FAR to much you will find it won't actually harden, it will just stay soft.