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Topic: Loose Tunable Split Screws |
Fred Nolen
From:
Mohawk, Tennessee, USA
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Posted 1 Jul 2012 2:13 pm |
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What can be used to snug up tunable split screws short of Loctite? They need to be where they can be adjusted but not easily work loose. I have considered trying pipe thread dope?
Thanks for any help. Ol' Fred |
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Lane Gray
From:
Topeka, KS
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Posted 1 Jul 2012 3:04 pm
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odd. Pipe dope might work. I have heard of people using honey.
Ideally, I would think tapping out to the next size would be the proper solution
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 1 Jul 2012 3:46 pm
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Whatever that red stuff is that Emmons uses on their push pull tuning screws. Looks like loctite, probably something else.
Some of the P/P guys will know.
...or maybe that white liquid thread tape for plumbing. |
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Lynn Stafford
From:
Ridgefield, WA USA
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Posted 1 Jul 2012 3:56 pm Tunable split screws
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Fred,
I sent you an email with a few suggestions that might help.
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Danny Letz
From:
Old Glory,Texas, USA 79540
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Posted 1 Jul 2012 4:25 pm
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| Is that red stuff that Emmons uses on the treads a big secret or what. I think it's been discussed here before but I can't remember anyone knowing what it actually is. Looks like it would be very helpfull to the Emmons owners to know what it is. |
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Jerry Roller
From:
Van Buren, Arkansas USA
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Posted 1 Jul 2012 7:56 pm
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Danny, I believe Emmons purchases those screws with the red "dope" already on them. I would like to know where to get the stuff also. I believe it is some sort of liquid nylon. Locktite does not dry until it is applied to threads until it is metal to metal. It seems to stay liquid if just applied to a bolt.
Jerry |
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Russ Wever
From:
Kansas City
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Russ Wever
From:
Kansas City
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Posted 1 Jul 2012 8:26 pm
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Butch Pytko
From:
Orlando, Florida, USA
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Posted 2 Jul 2012 9:09 am
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| Some years back I had a phone discussion with Ron Lashley about the tuning screws. First off, Emmons has brand new tuning screws with the Loctite already on them--you can buy as many as you want. I got the impression that Ron contracted one of the nuts/bolts co. to make them-up for him. After that talk with Ron, I went on the internet & started looking-up the nuts/bolts co.--one of them knew exactly what was going-on about the Loctite being already applied to the screw in a finished/dried state. They said it was a BAKING-ON PROCESS. |
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Danny Letz
From:
Old Glory,Texas, USA 79540
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Posted 2 Jul 2012 9:56 am
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| I had heard that maybe it was baked on. I may have read somewhere that loctite works in the abscense of oxygen. I have the cutoff ballpoint pen springs (actually from a Harbour Freight assortment)on mine. They work OK. |
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