jimbo1490
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How many do you need?
Jimbo
Jimbo
Anybody got a good one of these? Trigger for 031 and others.
Anybody got a good one of these? Trigger for 031 and others.
How many do you need?
Jimbo
Can anybody tell me what size, thread, pitch etc, the muffler bolts are on a 625 Jred? And how the hell to keep them tight?
Will locktite work? Which color?
I've never had good luck with any loctite in a high heat application. This is what I do on mufflers with 100% success. Cut a strip of 16 gauge sheet metal about a half inch wide and an inch wider than the bolt holes. Now lay on top of the muffler and drill bolt hole spacing into sheet metal. Take the sheet metal and use as a flat washer under the bolt heads and tighten as normal. Now take the tabs sticking out and bend them tightly against a flat side of the bolt head I use a round punch. The remainder sticking up now gets bent over the bolt head and flattened. This really works good ion Husky 350's but you have to use bolts as nuts on studs the studs may back out and loosen up.
I've never had good luck with any loctite in a high heat application. This is what I do on mufflers with 100% success. Cut a strip of 16 gauge sheet metal about a half inch wide and an inch wider than the bolt holes. Now lay on top of the muffler and drill bolt hole spacing into sheet metal. Take the sheet metal and use as a flat washer under the bolt heads and tighten as normal. Now take the tabs sticking out and bend them tightly against a flat side of the bolt head I use a round punch. The remainder sticking up now gets bent over the bolt head and flattened. This really works good ion Husky 350's but you have to use bolts as nuts on studs the studs may back out and loosen up.
I know what you're saying, and it sounds like a good idea, but it won't work this time. The bolts are recessed down about an inch inside the muffler. Plus they are socket head capscrews, so they have no flat side. I guess I'll try loctite and see if I can find some good small lockwashers in the Fastenal booki. I have some serrated ones at work, but they are basically non-removeable which is no good.
I did find one of the bolts though.:msp_smile:
Oops, didn't realize we had recessed bolts, just put me on ignore, the (soon to be) ex wife did. :hmm3grin2orange:
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Oops, didn't realize we had recessed bolts, just put me on ignore, the (soon to be) ex wife did. :hmm3grin2orange:
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Well, I have never done it on a saw, but in the past when I have had bolts/nuts that didn't want to hold good I have had some luck wrapping some thin soft copper wire around the bolt or stud, then tightening it down. The copper sort of form fits and acts like an internal lock washer. Has to be thin or it won't tighten down, but scrap little wires are always easy to scrounge.
I was congratulating your impending freedom, if that was unclear.
The DIY locking tabs are a very good idea to, though.
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