Wilsons Sandbox

>From: Chris Krok >To: DSN_klr650@egroups.com >Subject: [DSN_klr650] Loose bolts >Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2000 10:23:21 -0700 > > > > > > Here's a trick I'm sure a few of us use. > > > > Get one of those white marker pens the permenent ones. and simple > > mark all your bolts and screws one day. That way you can glance at > > all your screws before riding seeing if any have moved. > > > > And when you take it in for that "service" you will be able to tell > > if he actually removed anything. > >The Sears Auto Shop catalog has something to do exactly that. I think >it's called "torque lock" or something, and comes in a tube like >Loctite. (Note, this stuff doesn't actually work as a locking agent.) >Anyway, it's some kind of orange laquer, and you put a drop of it on the >"corner" between the nut and bolt threads after you assemble them (or at >the corner of the bolt head and the part it's holding on). If the >fastener is moved, the mark will be broken. However, Van's idea of the >white marker should work just as well and be cheaper. I sometimes use >Testor's model paint and a toothpick. I wish I had done that before >taking my car in for an alignment, because I think the idiot loosened >the tension rods. I know I tightened those things fully when I rebuilt >the suspension. > >-- >Dr. J. Christopher Krok Project Engineer, Adaptive Wall Wind Tunnel >Graduate Aeronautical Laboratories, California Institute of Technology >MS 205-45 Phone: 626.395.4794 >Pasadena, CA 91125 Fax: 626.449.2677