Remove threadlock

[kaztheminotaur]

What do you use to remove dried thread lock from bolts? I tried soaking them in acetone but it didn't seem to work. I have some soaking in paint stripper now.

 

[C.B.]

i would try a dremel with a wire brush bit

 

[kryptonite5b]

i use either a wire brush or a razor with the screw head in a small power driver.

 

[pipeous]

I just use a razor knife and wrench... pinch the blade against the threads and turn the bolt. use the old razor knife though

 

[max 1]

i Just Use A Razor Knife And Wrench... Pinch The Blade Against The Threads And Turn The Bolt. Use The Old Razor Knife Though

I Use A Propain Tourth And A Wire Brush.

 

[kaztheminotaur]

I soaked mine in paint stripper and then used a wire brush.

 

[Clubin]

Wouldn't you just apply some fresh and tighten the bolt back up?


I have never cleaned the old threadlock off of a bolt, just curious why you would want to that's all.

 

[kryptonite5b]

Wouldn't you just apply some fresh and tighten the bolt back up?
I have never cleaned the old threadlock off of a bolt, just curious why you would want to that's all.

i was waiting for this but expected it from moo.. couse you NEED to get it off!! it don't hold like the first time. if it keeps building up it will flattin out the threads and could strip.. or maybe its just my o.c.d. and i clean everything

 

[Clubin]

Krap, just like I thought, I have been doing it wrong for 10 year's!


Funny thing is I have never had a complaint. lol


OK, I have a question for you guys then, that is how you get it off the bolt how do you get it out of whatever you are threading into, because there is just as much in there as there was on the bolt if not more.

 

[kryptonite5b]

Krap, just like I thought, I have been doing it wrong for 10 year's!
Funny thing is I have never had a complaint. lol


OK, I have a question for you guys then, that is how you get it off the bolt how do you get it out of whatever you are threading into, because there is just as much in there as there was on the bolt if not more.

im histerical!!!! . give mne 5.. im making a how-to vid.... really? i use a wire brush and it has a small head of bristles on the other side. but i have not crashed if i only got the screw.. its just something we do.. i take better care of my rigs then i do wifey, but i still wash her off before reusing

 

[Clubin]

im histerical!!!! . give mne 5.. im making a how-to vid.... really? i use a wire brush and it has a small head of bristles on the other side. but i have not crashed if i only got the screw.. its just something we do.. i take better care of my rigs then i do wifey, but i still wash her off before reusing

So if I am following you properly it is kinda like a condom, you can shake the threadlock out of the hole?

 

[kaztheminotaur]

You know sometimes the hole gets crusty and you have to clean it out.

 

[mooman007uk]

i was waiting for this but expected it from moo.. couse you NEED to get it off!! it don't hold like the first time. if it keeps building up it will flattin out the threads and could strip.. or maybe its just my o.c.d. and i clean everything

Well that's nice...but you were right I'm guilty too, if the threads a bit kruddy i'll give it a twist in between my fingers to get the loose crust off and then apply new blue and shove it in the dry crusty hole

 

[hellya]

I Use A Propain Tourth And A Wire Brush.

thats the one

 

[mooman007uk]

Hellya, them there are what's known as gravity bombs...well on the way as the pink bits are turning south already

 

[hellya]

it wont let me post it the way I want to like this as my avatar Can I can some fries with them MILK SHAKES



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[Clubin]

it wont let me post it the way I want to
like this as my avatar Can I can some fries with them MILK SHAKES

OOPS, I made a mess! I need a napkin.

 

[kryptonite5b]

OOPS, I made a mess! I need a napkin.

aaaakkk!! your rounch!!