Drive spacer install question - loctite
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Drive spacer install question - loctite
hey all, I’m installing a spacer in the drive. The directions that came with said use loctite 272. I can only find 271 locally. I’d really like to get it installed tomorrow (for many reasons) so don’t really have time to order 272. Can 271 be used? Or should I just try to figure out how/when to install it after I order 272? Help please. Thanks!
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The 271 will be fine. Its virtually the same as 272 according to the specs. Both are red and heated to get apart.
That being said, I never used any loctite on my studs with a drive spacer and never had any issues.
Personally, the most I'd use is some blue loctite, I think its 242???
That being said, I never used any loctite on my studs with a drive spacer and never had any issues.
Personally, the most I'd use is some blue loctite, I think its 242???
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This stuff works on anything.. A little on the threads acts as mild locktite and also works as an anti-seize. Works Particularly well on Exhaust Riser studs or bolts.
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Chris
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Chris
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I generally use the red loctite on the threads screwed into the case to keep it from unscrewing when I remove the nyloc nuts. If I had a problem removing the studs I use a MAP torch to warm them up and with a stud puller they come right out. I have removed at least a hundred of them..
Hope that helps.
Dick
Hope that helps.
Dick