Loctite

[Enkey]

Hi guys 

What loctite number do you recommend to seal a degassing screw, so that the next time I have to use it it will be easy to loosen

Regards 

Enkey 

 

[Guest]

Vibra Tite VC-3 actually. Doesn't require re-application like Blue Loctite, just snug or loosen screws when/as needed. Bit pricey but was worth it at least for me. 

 

[Enkey]

Vibra Tite VC-3 actually. Doesn't require re-application like Blue Loctite, just snug or loosen screws when/as needed. Bit pricey but was worth it at least for me.

Thanks for the information I will try it

 

[elh0102]

Thread locking compounds are generally way over used. I seldom use it anywhere on an air rifle. My main application has been on very small screws that can't be securely tightened, as a trigger adjustment screw. It needs to stop and remain at a certain location, but can't be tightened against another surface. And most of those have sufficient friction to hold without anything on the threads. If this degassing screw can be snugged down (firm, not overly tight), I doubt if you need anything. 

 

[Guest]

Thread locking compounds are generally way over used. I seldom use it anywhere on an air rifle. My main application has been on very small screws that can't be securely tightened, as a trigger adjustment screw. It needs to stop and remain at a certain location, but can't be tightened against another surface. And most of those have sufficient friction to hold without anything on the threads. If this degassing screw can be snugged down (firm, not overly tight), I doubt if you need anything.

Springers? Agreed, not needed often on my PCPs.

 

[Enkey]

Hi

The screw came with something similar to VC-3 of gray color and after degassing part of the product came off and now it loses air, so I am asking why I do not want to put something of high resistance because it is very small in diameter and could break the next time need to use it

Regards 

Enkey 

 

[Bigragu]

I have a question on vibratite. How are you all keeping it from drying up the minute the bottle gets opened? I’ve sealed it the best I could, even inside of a sealed zip lock after the lid gets tightened down, and over time it dries to a sludge. What a waste.

 

[Odoyle]

Poke a hole in the cover and suck out the air from a vacuum sealer and plug it then put it in a larger glass jar do the same poke a hole in the cover then vacuum seal then put it in a couple of Ziploc bags. Gorilla glue was the worst but this trick makes it all good. Vacuum sealed Glass bottles in Ziploc are the key.

 

[elh0102]

Loctite should have nothing to do with it leaking air. Is there an O ring seal involved? None of my PCP rifles have any thread locking compound on the pressure gauge, inlet valve, or any threaded part that holds air in the plenum. 

 

[Odoyle]

Maybe some of it got stuck inside the degass check valve where it seals? I would refill and degass open and shut quick many times to dislodge any debris.

 

[Yarddog]

Never had Vibratite dry out. In case it ever does, I buy several tubes at a time from Amazon 

 

[Enkey]

Loctite should have nothing to do with it leaking air. Is there an O ring seal involved? None of my PCP rifles have any thread locking compound on the pressure gauge, inlet valve, or any threaded part that holds air in the plenum.

Hi 

As you say are all my airguns except one. There is always a first time and I want to fix the leak in such a way that I can use the degassing screw if I need it again without it getting so tightly sealed that it breaks when I loosen it, because its diameter is very small

Regards 

Enkey 

 

[elh0102]

Enkey, what brand of rifle are we discussing? I've never had one that involved a degassing screw that required any type of thread locking compound. If it is a small screw with a small head, then any type of locking agent seems like a bad design, since it increases the possibility of stripping the head when trying to loosen. I have seen some pressure gauges that include a teflon tape covering on the threads, which helps seal without locking the threads. I wonder if something similar might have been on these threads? I have recently stripped a couple of small, 2 mm hex head screws, and they were simply over-tightened, no locking compound. 

 

[Enkey]

Hi Ed

If I have thought about Teflon because I have used it other times and it works but as it is a new airgun I wanted to leave it as factory. 

I talk about a Huben

Regards 

Enkey 

 

[Enkey]

Hi guys

I got the VC-3

One drop on the screw

Yes!!! it works the air leak is fixed

Thanks

Enkey