Do or dont?
Your opinion on using loctite on bolt carrier key on AR-15? I know your supposed to use a chisel to indent the bolts to keep them from working loose. For one I dont have a vice to hold the bolt, and Im not to sure about taking a chisel to my bolt carrier key. Would loctite be ok?
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I'm no expert on AR-15s but when a fastener is supposed to be staked there is usually a good reason for it and industrial thread lockers are not suitable. 0 -
I would say no. Lock tight I hate the stuff, it works good if you never take anything apart. 0 -
there are different strengths of loctite some of it (red) you will never get apart. then there blue and green and those loctite products can be removed, they simply stop the threads from loosening during normal use.
Now does gun fire count as normal use, I don't know, but you dont really need to take a chisle to your threads to make them tight, if you take a center punch you can screw the threads almost totally in and then strike at least the third thread from the end and that will hold just fine and you wont screw anything up.
I would use blue loctite. and center punch it too. as I used to do on my harley.
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quote:Originally posted by Nighthawk
Your opinion on using lock tite on bolt carrier key on AR-15? I know your supposed to use a chisel to indent the bolts to keep them from working loose. For one I dont have a vice to hold the bolt, and Im not to sure about taking a chisel to my bolt carrier key. Would lock tite be ok?
Blue Loctite is removable in most applications, however if it is a not an allen bolt, I would not use it.0 -
quote:Originally posted by stubnoid
quote:Originally posted by Nighthawk
Your opinion on using lock tite on bolt carrier key on AR-15? I know your supposed to use a chisel to indent the bolts to keep them from working loose. For one I dont have a vice to hold the bolt, and Im not to sure about taking a chisel to my bolt carrier key. Would lock tite be ok?
Blue Loctite is removable in most applications, however if it is a not an allen bolt, I would not use it.
I think he meant the rifle bolt, stubbie.0 -
Loc-tite is not acctable ... mostly because it breaks down with the application of heat. Just a hair dryer is sufficent to loosen even Red Loc-Tite.
Staking has been "the" method for 40+ years, what makes you think there is something wrong with it?
BTW - you don't have to whack it "that" hard to stake the key, you can even set your bolt on a piece of pine or other soft wood if you are worried about damaging it.0 -
quote:Originally posted by kimberkid
Loc-tite is not acctable ... mostly because it breaks down with the application of heat. Just a hair dryer is sufficent to loosen even Red Loc-Tite.
Staking has been "the" method for 40+ years, what makes you think there is something wrong with it?
BTW - you don't have to whack it "that" hard to stake the key, you can even set your bolt on a piece of pine or other soft wood if you are worried about damaging it.
True! All you need to do is hit it hard enough to push the metal against the screw from both sides. As you have no vise (or soft jaws for one) I would use wood as Kimberkid suggested.0 -
Trade it for an AK.[:D] 0 -
Would someone mind to explain extensively how to stake the key in simple terms please? I would greatly appreciate it! 0 -
quote:Originally posted by Nighthawk
Would someone mind to explain extensively how to stake the key in simple terms please? I would greatly appreciate it!
Staking is usually done with a prick punch. You are "bulging" material from either the fastener, or the component to be fastened,whichever is easier to strike. This creates a anti turn or lock for the fastener. I have also seen it done with a chisel, but much harder to control.
Hope this helps.0
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