(By the way, there's a difference between 'tamper proof' and 'tamper evident', no amount of paint will make a fixing tamper proof...
) [Edited on 2/10/12 by Slimy38]
You know the paint that manunfacturers mark on some bolts/nuts to either (a) check the nuts arent coming loose (b) tamper proof the part.
Ive also seen them used by breakers to mark parts with their initials etc so they can be sure returned parts are the same.
Alternatively, does anyone know of any threadlock thats nice and bright that could be used to both threadlock and denote a visual check the bolt/nut
isnt coming loose. Most seem to be a fairly see thru'.
I use tippex... it works nicely.
How about THIS pretty sure this is what the breakers use, don't
think it has much locking strength.
Cheers
Davie
£10!! i may well use the tipex route.. or a touch up pen in a bright colour!
Nail varnish is quite a decent hard wearing marker... just ask your missus to buy some for you, or raid her make up box...
(By the way, there's a difference between 'tamper proof' and 'tamper evident', no amount of paint will make a fixing tamper
proof... )
[Edited on 2/10/12 by Slimy38]
Either tippex or a touch-up paint/pen.
Lok-tight has to be on the thread before assembly so won't work applied after/externally. Only sets in an air free enviroment (anerobic) as in
between the treads.
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Originally posted by adithorp
Either tippex or a touch-up paint/pen.
Lok-tight has to be on the thread before assembly so won't work applied after/externally. Only sets in an air free enviroment (anerobic) as in between the treads.
Yellow paint in a nail varnish bottle.
Only problem with paint instead of tipex is if you ever remove and refit a nut/bolt, you have the old marks as well as new ones. Tipex tend to break off when removing.
In my opinion there is very little need for thread lock products in general service, if something is tightnened correctly it doesn't come slack
again. Usually fasteners come slack because they were never tight enough or the application causes the bolt to loosen such as a bracket which flexes.
Generally thread lock is only required where the fastener cannot reach the required tension to be self supporting, cases such as into weak materials
such as plastic or into material where expansion rates are very different.
Cheers
Davie
there is a specific name for the stuff your after, we use it at work after torqueing up stuff on aircraft during heavy maintenance. It's a bright orange liquid that sets hard and breaks off when you undo the nut/bolt, it comes in like a tipex pen, sadly after all this waffling I can't remember what the hell it's called!
Found it:
http://waltersandwalters.co.uk/dykem-cross-check-anti-tamper-paste-torque-mark
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Originally posted by daviep
In my opinion there is very little need for thread lock products in general service, if something is tightnened correctly it doesn't come slack again. Usually fasteners come slack because they were never tight enough or the application causes the bolt to loosen such as a bracket which flexes.
Generally thread lock is only required where the fastener cannot reach the required tension to be self supporting, cases such as into weak materials such as plastic or into material where expansion rates are very different.
Cheers
Davie
Thanks sdh - thats the stuff.
found some on ebay too, but its much more expensive!
Loctite Thread Locking | eBay
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Originally posted by loggyboy
Thanks sdh - thats the stuff.
found some on ebay too, but its much more expensive!
Loctite Thread Locking | eBay
And even cheaper with postage http://www.lsengineers.co.uk/cross-check-tamper-proof-torque-mark.html
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Originally posted by daviep
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Originally posted by loggyboy
Thanks sdh - thats the stuff.
found some on ebay too, but its much more expensive!
Loctite Thread Locking | eBay
Neither of those products have any locking capabillites as far as I can see.
Cheers
Davie
It's not designed to be, it's just a visual indicator of something coming loose.
quote:
Originally posted by daviep
In my opinion there is very little need for thread lock products in general service, if something is tightnened correctly it doesn't come slack again. Usually fasteners come slack because they were never tight enough or the application causes the bolt to loosen such as a bracket which flexes.
Generally thread lock is only required where the fastener cannot reach the required tension to be self supporting, cases such as into weak materials such as plastic or into material where expansion rates are very different.
Cheers
Davie
Just to make a point if you're pre IVA i found stuff like this gives you lots of brownie points with the examiner. Shows your safety conscious. I wirelocked everything I could ie prop bolts, reverse box bolts, caliper bolts and the examiner was well impressed and IMO was a little more lenient on other things that could have gone either way.
its called torque seal, cheap on the bay
Yeah - now we're talking
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_sacat=0&_from=R40&_nkw=torque%20seal&_sop=15
Cheers lads!
Well I never
I just used my nail varnish though 
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Originally posted by ReMan
Well I never
I just used my nail varnish though
