The Use Of Thread Lock !!

[WeFixIt]

Hi Jomoco

 

Quite rightly so, I didn't intended to give the impression that we use tread lock on nearly everything in fact its rarely used as we are taking things apart and rebuilding them daily 10ml bottle of standard strength tread lock will last 2yrs!!

 

In many cases manufactures recommend cleaning threads and lightly oil and refit this for some who may not know is to enable a more even balanced toque setting as the resistance on the treads can have a dramatic difference between bolts, then the factory toque settings should be sufficient to prevent it coming undone !!! I think we all know that isn’t always the case!!

 

It usually only form knowledge and experience the correct practice is applied to obtain the required result and why some jobs are best left to them who know!

[jomoco]

I always find it fascinating that given 4-5 billion years to wear them down?

 

Even the highly prized diamonds degrade into graphite powder!

 

http://www.diamond-jewelry-pedia.com/diamond-facts.html#.U4JLAtq9KK0

 

 

Hence it's use as a metal on metal lubricant largely unaffected by rust and corrosion.

 

The whole idea being to remove the bolt later, rather having it shear off rotationally.

 

Avoiding seizure of bolted together parts is dare I say a science?

Edited May 25, 2014 by jomoco

[WeFixIt]

Avoiding seizure of bolted together parts is dare I say a science?

 

Not sure about that one? more like good pratice (when assembling) and correct maintenance, I dont think they came under the science title!