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.
>

 

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.
>

 

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.***.net/jerrypb/

 

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.***.net/jerrypb/

 

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.***.net/jerrypb/

 

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 )_)

 

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 )_)

 

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 )_)

 

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
>>>
>>
>>
>

 

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
>>>
>>
>>
>