Loctite

[Rcmaster199 at aol.com]

In a message dated 8/1/2003 4:24:57 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
jhughes at hsonline.net writes:


> Subj:Loctite 
> Date:8/1/2003 4:24:57 PM Eastern Daylight Time
> From:<A HREF="mailto:jhughes at hsonline.net">jhughes at hsonline.net</A>
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> 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?
> 

Jeff assuming that the engine was removed already, see if you can at least CA 
the blind nuts only, back into the firewall. Then take a soldering iron and 
heat the bolts from the front of the plane, to soften the Loctite

matt
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