clutch drum cushdrive loctite or not?

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Peerless

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Hello

Friday evening, a few well earned beers, Stevie Ray, and new rubbers for the cushdrive. Ive cut 6 mm treads but Im not sure about the bolts. Do I use loctite or not!

cheers
David
 
Peerless said:
Hello

Friday evening, a few well earned beers, Stevie Ray, and new rubbers for the cushdrive. Ive cut 6 mm treads but Im not sure about the bolts. Do I use loctite or not!

cheers
David
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Do you have loctite?

                        Dave
 
Here in the USA..Loctite is available in a red 271 or blue 242. When I drilled out the rivets and threaded my clutch basket, I used the Red 271.  When I had to change the cush rubbers, the Red 271 needs some heat to get them loose. A small propane torch heating the back of the clutch housing worked to get them loose. With no heat..the screws will not come out.

I now use the Blue 242, no loosening of the screws in operation..and you can change the cush rubbers much more easily.

The Red Loctite is overkill.
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I use Blue Lock-Tight and heat  with a touch of Propane Torch when Dissembling - Really hate reparing them minis-cal Clutch Bolt Towers. Red can be deadly, striping threads in Aluminum. I would think the Green is good enough. What's the Torque Specs - Something like 10psi.
 
Hi David - You say you have cut 6mm threads - the hole the original rivet leaves is usually larger than  the  5mm core size needed so 6mm may be a bit weak - I always used a 7mm tapping - can use 6mm thread inserts of any type as well. I don't use loctite- but there's no reason you shouldn't - Regards - Phil
 
HI

Thanks for the advise about the red and blue loctite, very helpful ideed. When I cut the threads I went for the 6 mm and estimated by the amount of force I had to use to cut that it would be a good fit. The threads are about 20 mm long so there is plenty of material for the screws to grab in. I test fitted it yesterday and it seemed to workout fine. Now I will get some blue Loctite! And I allways use a torquewrench.

David
 
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