My screws finally rattled loose yesterday.
This comes from the ATV vibrations.
I am considering just re-attaching with some sort of epoxy.
Your thoughts ?
put a nut on the other side with a washer .
J.B. Weld
put a nut and washer on the other side.
> put a nut and washer on the other side.
Make it a lock nut or add Loctite to it.
Red Loctite should work, that's what it's made for. Use blue if you think you might need to take it apart again.
James
> > put a nut and washer on the other side.
>
> Make it a lock nut or add Loctite to it.
Ditto that. Don't JB Weld it. You would never get them/it out if need be.
Loctite is un-doable with enough elbow grease. Not with JBWeld.
A lock washer should work. Maybe just wrap the screws in plumbers Teflon tape or the Teflon goo.
> Red Loctite should work, that's what it's made for. Use blue if you think you might need to take it apart again.
>
> James
I would use the 'blue'.
DWC
Looks like there is room inside for screw heads, I would get a piece of strap steel, drill holes at the proper spacing, grind a little off of the screw heads if needed and put it back together using the steel strap as a washer and use lock tight. You could use a chisel to make a burr on the screw edge and strap as a lock, "old school before lock tight".
jud
There's nothing that cannot be "fixed" with Super Glue and/or Duct Tape !! 😉
> There's nothing that cannot be "fixed" with Super Glue and/or Duct Tape !! 😉
you forgot "Bailing War" AKA Baling Wire.
Dad hired an old gentleman in the early 50's to run a Holt steel wheeled combine, evolved into the John Deer 36, still have the machine but don't know where the header went. His supply list required bailing wire and bacon rind. That machine had babbit bearings, hence the need for bacon rinds.
jud
Baling, dammmmit, baling. Bailing involves a bucket and a sinking boat.
Sorry. One of my pet peeves. Sort of like there, their and they're. Misuse causes teeth gritting.
If that is all you have to worry about, grit away.
jud
Problem Solved
Problem Solved
Good thinking. You probably should seal up the holes with some epoxy or even just some tape to keep crap and corruption from getting inside.
Problem Solved
> Good thinking. You probably should seal up the holes with some epoxy or even just some tape to keep crap and corruption from getting inside.
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