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Re: Thread-loc on CB antenna?
I can't think of an instance where I couldn't loosen the red Loc-tite,
or any other color, with a hand tool. tw __________________________________________________ ___________________ 2003 TJ Rubicon * 2001 XJ Sport * 1971 Bill Stroppe Baja Bronco "There is a very fine line between 'hobby' and 'mental illness'." Pronunciation: 'jEp Function: noun Date: 1940 Etymology: from g. p. (G= 'Government' P= '80 inch wheelbase') A small general-purpose motor vehicle with 80" wheelbase, 1/4-ton capacity and four-wheel drive used by the U.S. army in World War II. __________________________________________________ ___________________ Lon wrote: > DougW proclaimed: > >> aGraham did pass the time by typing: >> >>> For some reason my antenna mast keeps vibrating loose from the base.. >>> many times I have checked it and it was only being held by a couple of >>> threads. If I put a but of loc-tite on it will it still work correctly? >> >> >> >> Yes. loc-tite only fills the cavities, just use a teeny drop. >> >> Use the red (242) one so you can actually get it apart at a later date. > > > ? Have the color codes changed since the early 70's ? > > Green used to be reasonably mild, could be gotten loose with a hand tool > in most instances. Often applied to older mechanical computer gear that > tended to vibrate loose but needed to be moved very infrequently. > > Blue required heat to loosen, typically a good soldering iron sufficient > to allow movement. Used where a part was put into place and expected to > stay there for a goodly time. > > Red was rather difficult to loosen without solvent or heavy heat, used > to put cylinder liners in diesels by folks at PIE and similar. > |
Re: Thread-loc on CB antenna?
I can't think of an instance where I couldn't loosen the red Loc-tite,
or any other color, with a hand tool. tw __________________________________________________ ___________________ 2003 TJ Rubicon * 2001 XJ Sport * 1971 Bill Stroppe Baja Bronco "There is a very fine line between 'hobby' and 'mental illness'." Pronunciation: 'jEp Function: noun Date: 1940 Etymology: from g. p. (G= 'Government' P= '80 inch wheelbase') A small general-purpose motor vehicle with 80" wheelbase, 1/4-ton capacity and four-wheel drive used by the U.S. army in World War II. __________________________________________________ ___________________ Lon wrote: > DougW proclaimed: > >> aGraham did pass the time by typing: >> >>> For some reason my antenna mast keeps vibrating loose from the base.. >>> many times I have checked it and it was only being held by a couple of >>> threads. If I put a but of loc-tite on it will it still work correctly? >> >> >> >> Yes. loc-tite only fills the cavities, just use a teeny drop. >> >> Use the red (242) one so you can actually get it apart at a later date. > > > ? Have the color codes changed since the early 70's ? > > Green used to be reasonably mild, could be gotten loose with a hand tool > in most instances. Often applied to older mechanical computer gear that > tended to vibrate loose but needed to be moved very infrequently. > > Blue required heat to loosen, typically a good soldering iron sufficient > to allow movement. Used where a part was put into place and expected to > stay there for a goodly time. > > Red was rather difficult to loosen without solvent or heavy heat, used > to put cylinder liners in diesels by folks at PIE and similar. > |
Re: Thread-loc on CB antenna?
Mechanically, Loc-Tite will prevent the antenna from loosening again
from vibration. Electrically speaking, I would be careful not to use very much Loc-Tite since there needs to be good solid metal-to-metal contact for the antenna to work. c wrote: > Correct me if I'm wrong Doug, but isn't the blue Loc-Tite the removable? I > am pretty sure 242 is blue. but I'm too lazy to go and look in the shop. > > Chris > > "DougW" <post.replies@invalid.address> wrote in message > news:3sGlg.57828$9c6.18046@dukeread11... >> aGraham did pass the time by typing: >>> For some reason my antenna mast keeps vibrating loose from the base.. >>> many times I have checked it and it was only being held by a couple of >>> threads. If I put a but of loc-tite on it will it still work correctly? >> Yes. loc-tite only fills the cavities, just use a teeny drop. >> >> Use the red (242) one so you can actually get it apart at a later date. >> >> -- >> DougW >> > > -- Jerry Bransford PP-ASEL N6TAY See the Geezer Jeep at http://members.cox.net/jerrypb/ |
Re: Thread-loc on CB antenna?
Mechanically, Loc-Tite will prevent the antenna from loosening again
from vibration. Electrically speaking, I would be careful not to use very much Loc-Tite since there needs to be good solid metal-to-metal contact for the antenna to work. c wrote: > Correct me if I'm wrong Doug, but isn't the blue Loc-Tite the removable? I > am pretty sure 242 is blue. but I'm too lazy to go and look in the shop. > > Chris > > "DougW" <post.replies@invalid.address> wrote in message > news:3sGlg.57828$9c6.18046@dukeread11... >> aGraham did pass the time by typing: >>> For some reason my antenna mast keeps vibrating loose from the base.. >>> many times I have checked it and it was only being held by a couple of >>> threads. If I put a but of loc-tite on it will it still work correctly? >> Yes. loc-tite only fills the cavities, just use a teeny drop. >> >> Use the red (242) one so you can actually get it apart at a later date. >> >> -- >> DougW >> > > -- Jerry Bransford PP-ASEL N6TAY See the Geezer Jeep at http://members.cox.net/jerrypb/ |
Re: Thread-loc on CB antenna?
Mechanically, Loc-Tite will prevent the antenna from loosening again
from vibration. Electrically speaking, I would be careful not to use very much Loc-Tite since there needs to be good solid metal-to-metal contact for the antenna to work. c wrote: > Correct me if I'm wrong Doug, but isn't the blue Loc-Tite the removable? I > am pretty sure 242 is blue. but I'm too lazy to go and look in the shop. > > Chris > > "DougW" <post.replies@invalid.address> wrote in message > news:3sGlg.57828$9c6.18046@dukeread11... >> aGraham did pass the time by typing: >>> For some reason my antenna mast keeps vibrating loose from the base.. >>> many times I have checked it and it was only being held by a couple of >>> threads. If I put a but of loc-tite on it will it still work correctly? >> Yes. loc-tite only fills the cavities, just use a teeny drop. >> >> Use the red (242) one so you can actually get it apart at a later date. >> >> -- >> DougW >> > > -- Jerry Bransford PP-ASEL N6TAY See the Geezer Jeep at http://members.cox.net/jerrypb/ |
Re: Thread-loc on CB antenna?
Use a star washer. Better than a lock washer.
Elvis! "aGraham" <aarongraham@mac.com.removeme> wrote in message news:aarongraham-F775A3.08543719062006@syrcnyrdrs-01-ge0.nyroc.rr.com... > For some reason my antenna mast keeps vibrating loose from the base.. > many times I have checked it and it was only being held by a couple of > threads. If I put a but of loc-tite on it will it still work correctly? > > -- > o_o_o_o > /| ,[_____], > |ŻŻŻL --O|||||||O- > ()_)Ż()_) ŻŻŻŻŻ )_) |
Re: Thread-loc on CB antenna?
Use a star washer. Better than a lock washer.
Elvis! "aGraham" <aarongraham@mac.com.removeme> wrote in message news:aarongraham-F775A3.08543719062006@syrcnyrdrs-01-ge0.nyroc.rr.com... > For some reason my antenna mast keeps vibrating loose from the base.. > many times I have checked it and it was only being held by a couple of > threads. If I put a but of loc-tite on it will it still work correctly? > > -- > o_o_o_o > /| ,[_____], > |ŻŻŻL --O|||||||O- > ()_)Ż()_) ŻŻŻŻŻ )_) |
Re: Thread-loc on CB antenna?
Use a star washer. Better than a lock washer.
Elvis! "aGraham" <aarongraham@mac.com.removeme> wrote in message news:aarongraham-F775A3.08543719062006@syrcnyrdrs-01-ge0.nyroc.rr.com... > For some reason my antenna mast keeps vibrating loose from the base.. > many times I have checked it and it was only being held by a couple of > threads. If I put a but of loc-tite on it will it still work correctly? > > -- > o_o_o_o > /| ,[_____], > |ŻŻŻL --O|||||||O- > ()_)Ż()_) ŻŻŻŻŻ )_) |
Re: Thread-loc on CB antenna?
I usually have better luck with just a dab of Contact Cement, again
taking care not to get too much to avoid insulating the needed ground plane contact. Jerry Bransford proclaimed: > Mechanically, Loc-Tite will prevent the antenna from loosening again > from vibration. Electrically speaking, I would be careful not to use > very much Loc-Tite since there needs to be good solid metal-to-metal > contact for the antenna to work. > > c wrote: > >> Correct me if I'm wrong Doug, but isn't the blue Loc-Tite the >> removable? I am pretty sure 242 is blue. but I'm too lazy to go and >> look in the shop. >> >> Chris >> >> "DougW" <post.replies@invalid.address> wrote in message >> news:3sGlg.57828$9c6.18046@dukeread11... >> >>> aGraham did pass the time by typing: >>> >>>> For some reason my antenna mast keeps vibrating loose from the base.. >>>> many times I have checked it and it was only being held by a couple of >>>> threads. If I put a but of loc-tite on it will it still work >>>> correctly? >>> >>> Yes. loc-tite only fills the cavities, just use a teeny drop. >>> >>> Use the red (242) one so you can actually get it apart at a later date. >>> >>> -- >>> DougW >>> >> >> > |
Re: Thread-loc on CB antenna?
I usually have better luck with just a dab of Contact Cement, again
taking care not to get too much to avoid insulating the needed ground plane contact. Jerry Bransford proclaimed: > Mechanically, Loc-Tite will prevent the antenna from loosening again > from vibration. Electrically speaking, I would be careful not to use > very much Loc-Tite since there needs to be good solid metal-to-metal > contact for the antenna to work. > > c wrote: > >> Correct me if I'm wrong Doug, but isn't the blue Loc-Tite the >> removable? I am pretty sure 242 is blue. but I'm too lazy to go and >> look in the shop. >> >> Chris >> >> "DougW" <post.replies@invalid.address> wrote in message >> news:3sGlg.57828$9c6.18046@dukeread11... >> >>> aGraham did pass the time by typing: >>> >>>> For some reason my antenna mast keeps vibrating loose from the base.. >>>> many times I have checked it and it was only being held by a couple of >>>> threads. If I put a but of loc-tite on it will it still work >>>> correctly? >>> >>> Yes. loc-tite only fills the cavities, just use a teeny drop. >>> >>> Use the red (242) one so you can actually get it apart at a later date. >>> >>> -- >>> DougW >>> >> >> > |
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