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Old 06-02-2015
badger5 badger5 is offline
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Originally Posted by CARB View Post
I have built several Schumachers and have never used thread lock on any of them and never had a part fall over either, The red stuff they put in the kit is super strong so be warned if you want to get things a part in a rush.

The blue stuff from loctite is a much softer version so try that if you must, better to just keep things tight especially after a crash as this stretches the screws which then become lose.
Strange your if findings, I'm not sure what the stuff is in the Schumacher bottles but as a general rule of thumb for threadlock red is low strength (221 etc) blue is medium (243 etc) and green is high strength (270).
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