Loctite

  • Ken in Cairns
    Ken in Cairns
    6 years ago

    Trolling through some of the older threads, I came across one about lack of space to heat up a coil bolt that had Loctite on it.

    In limited space a soldering iron can be used to heat the fastener up enough to soften up the Loctite, (it does take time and transfers a bit of heat to the adjacent components held with the fastener, so be warned) also be careful with the surrounding areas as the barrel of the iron gets hot too, you can protect them with cardboard, thin tin, cut up coke (or beer) can, whatever.

    Good trick if you can't use a blue tongued speed wrench (gas axe).

    Hope it helps someone out there someday.