loctite

[Wayne Galligan]

Something I have done on all my planes is to make a t-plate and put the blind nuts in this.  Thus making a sort of clamp.  Cant miss with this and as the blind nuts are c/a'd to the plate they shouldn't come loose, at lease I haven't had one come loose on me.  Then if you need to make thrust changes you can drill out the holes larger in the firewall and will be able to move the mount around some. 
Ken  your right on the blue Loctite and it actually will stay on the nut/bolt and will sort of reseal again without having to reapply(just in case your out of Loctite).

Wayne G

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Kenneth Blackwell 
  To: discussion at nsrca.org 
  Sent: Friday, August 01, 2003 4:02 PM
  Subject: Re: Loctite


  FOR ALL OF US........what to do to prevent this type problem: One glue the
  T-Nut to the firewall with CA, Chase the threads with a tap, then use BLUE
  Loctite (NOT RED). I seldom use RED Loctite on any model airplane
  part....especially if I ever want to disassemble it.

  This won't help Jeff with the immediate problem but maybe it will help
  someone avoid the problem in the future.

  Cheers,

  Ken Blackwell

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: "Jeff Hughes" <jhughes at hsonline.net>
  To: <discussion at nsrca.org>; <discussion at nsrca.org>
  Sent: Friday, August 01, 2003 3:21 PM
  Subject: Loctite


  >
  > I had a bad landing during severe wind conditions the other day and
  > the engine mount tore. When I first built the plane, the engine mount
  > kept loosening up, so I loctited the bolts. Now the loctite is so
  > strong that the blind nuts are turning on the firewall! No room to get
  > pliers in there, so I don't know how to get the bolts out at the
  > moment. Anybody out there have any suggestions?
  >
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