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Thread: Loctite - Can I warm it up, move the joint and let it cool again? |
01/01/2016 10:26:05 |
Hello Steve Loctite are Anerobic Resins . This means that they cure in the Absence of Oxygen or Air. The curing process is that they change from a liquid to a solid/ plastic in the absence of air. When they are in the bottle , the Air in the bottle keeps them as a liquid. When you use Loctite to join say a wheel on to an axle , the absence of air in the small/ tiny gap between the wheel and the axle causes the Loctite to cure and it becomes a plastic. Loctite products are prone to failure due to Shock . So this means you must use a Keyway/ Key to transmit the force. Basically the different Loctite products have different strengths. About twenty years ago I made the same mistake as your correspondent in that I Loctited a reversing lever on to a shaft in the wrong place. I tried to heat it up with no success so had to drill out the shaft and make a new shaft. regards Brian Lee B.SC, M.Sc. |
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