William E Burrows Jr
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Dear Members,
I agree all nuts and bolts should be inspected before every run.
As far as loctite I never use it on the motor, I run a Vekta 5 and a Losi 5ive-T and never experienced a loose motor fastener.
I use a ratchet drill and start out on a low setting and work my way up util the fastener breaks free. I have had much success in preventing stripped bolt heads.
My Vekta 5 has given me the most problems removing fasteners. The factory has poor quality control during assembly, some fasteners have tons of loctite while others have none. I have read and purchased almost every type of easy out for removing stripped fasteners.
I always strip at least one bolt head with every disassemble. Maybe just bad Luck?
I just had a rear drive shaft bolt on my Vekte 5 break free, it was not pretty the rear shaft came apart, I lost the female part of the assembly.
It put a large hole in the gas tank and blue out two transmission bearings. I inspected the fasteners but discovered no loctite on the drive shaft bolt. Just a side note, one bold without loctite costed me a new gas tank, a complete driveshaft assembly and transmission bearings.
Best Regards,
William E. Burrows Jr.
I agree all nuts and bolts should be inspected before every run.
As far as loctite I never use it on the motor, I run a Vekta 5 and a Losi 5ive-T and never experienced a loose motor fastener.
I use a ratchet drill and start out on a low setting and work my way up util the fastener breaks free. I have had much success in preventing stripped bolt heads.
My Vekta 5 has given me the most problems removing fasteners. The factory has poor quality control during assembly, some fasteners have tons of loctite while others have none. I have read and purchased almost every type of easy out for removing stripped fasteners.
I always strip at least one bolt head with every disassemble. Maybe just bad Luck?
I just had a rear drive shaft bolt on my Vekte 5 break free, it was not pretty the rear shaft came apart, I lost the female part of the assembly.
It put a large hole in the gas tank and blue out two transmission bearings. I inspected the fasteners but discovered no loctite on the drive shaft bolt. Just a side note, one bold without loctite costed me a new gas tank, a complete driveshaft assembly and transmission bearings.
Best Regards,
William E. Burrows Jr.
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