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Re: loctite strikes--warning

To: shawn tobin <suhs2@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: loctite strikes--warning
From: Chris Kotting <ckotting@iwaynet.net>
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 09:35:16 -0400
Cc: spridgets@autox.team.net
References: <19990630130759.23511.qmail@hotmail.com>
Reply-to: Chris Kotting <ckotting@iwaynet.net>
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Shawn -

No, it's not junk.  The Loctite thread restorer won't stand heat (as in
direct flame).  Give it a couple of minutes of gentle application of the
blue wrench and it'll let go.

Been there.

Chris Kotting
ckotting@iwaynet.net

shawn tobin wrote:
> 
> Well, I tried a new product last night.  Into my freshly rebuilt front carb
> I put Locite's new thread-restorer product.  Followed the directions.
> Thirty seconds into my 5 minute waiting period I realize my carb has a bolt
> permanently seized into its breather fixing hole.
> Carb body is now junk--a monument to modern chemistry and my own ambition.
> 
> Be warned.
> 
> Shawn Tobin
> '69 Midget 5spd daily driver

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