Re: lock tight on connecting rod bolts
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02/21/13 02:27 PM
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These pretzels are making me thirsty.
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Re: lock tight on connecting rod bolts
[Re: moparmikethree]
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02/21/13 05:37 PM
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All I wanted to know if it would be added insurance. I figured if you use oil to get the proper torque , lock tight (when wet) would act the same as oil
Nice thought but just because it is a liquid does not mean it is viscious like oil ... or a moly lube ...
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Re: lock tight on connecting rod bolts
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02/21/13 05:44 PM
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All I wanted to know if it would be added insurance. I figured if you use oil to get the proper torque , lock tight (when wet) would act the same as oil
Nice thought but just because it is a liquid does not mean it is viscious like oil ... or a moly lube ...
Loctite is a aerobic sp? it cures hard in the absence of air, so it's curing before you can get the hardware tight and will affect the torque. It's not a lube at all, none.
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Re: lock tight on connecting rod bolts
[Re: moparmikethree]
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02/21/13 08:31 PM
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Just an FYI that might help you. My work sent me to a Loctite seminare. My general ideas about Loctite before this class was usually negative. But now I have a diffrent outlook on the product (when used properly). A couple tips to help you is everything must be clean! And make sure you are using the correct grade/strength. generally blue= normal grade, Red= high strength, green = high grade(bearing retainer). There are hundreads of grades inbetween, this is how I remember. Also, Loctite only bonds to metals that corrode. So Stainless, aluminum won't work. (They make special primers u can spray to work on these metals, but wont work without). As to your original question, it's not neccessary. You can use, I built a 318 with blue on the rod bolts just for the heck of it. And built another sb for a customer (from his request), but usually I use 30w oil. Hope this helps.
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Re: lock tight on connecting rod bolts
[Re: moparmikethree]
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02/21/13 09:21 PM
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Of it's everyone worse nightmare come true if a rod bolt/nut were to come loose or not get torque right or enough. Why back when, when I built my first couple motors I remember laying in bed at night thinking to myself, did I torque all those nuts on the rods? Then I couldn't sleep. Then the next day I would check em again even though I had to pull the pan and none were ever loose. Then I got into a routine and do it the same way every time and never stop or mess around when I'm doing the bottom end. I usually am by myself with no interruptions and can almost do it blind. Especially when I was rebuilding brad hemis every week. I rebuilt them I swear 75 or more times and never ever started them at the shop. Always waited until we got the track to fire them and never ever had a bad engine, they always ran killer. I'm pretty proud of that fact. But I remember when loctite hit the market it was never for critical fasteners like rod and main cap bolts/nuts that needed to stretch.
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