Stop using loctite on air fittings. Thread tape works just as well and doesnt make it impossible to remove after they sit for 10 years.
That is all.
That is all.
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Doesnt even seem to have to be green. In the past week, I have gotten a BL reg where someone must have loctited a plug in and the frigging thing is so stuck that the allen key stripped. On a marker I just got, the only fitting I could get to release was the one on the VASA. Trust me, I learned my lesson a couple of years back when I tried to loctite some set screws on a trigger. Instead of just keeping them from backing out, the loctite set them to the point where the allen key stripped and they are permanently where they are. And this was using blue loctite.Originally posted by Dayspring View PostLast edited by OPBN; 09-03-2013, 08:57 AM.Comment
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Teflon tape is generally our enemy on AGD valve assembly's.
Blue is for 1/4"-3/4" bolts, it's low strength but it's too much for set screws.
Probably should have used 222MS (purple) for set screws.
Loctite 545 Thread Sealer is what I reccomend for air fittings.Last edited by luke; 09-03-2013, 09:28 AM.Comment
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I agree, teflon tape is bad for reg seats. You can get a little pack of Locktite that includes small tubes of blue, red and purple. Throw the red away and keep the blue and purple in the gear box. If ever a screw seems too stuck, just add a little heat before stripping out the head.Comment
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I've not had issues using thread tape, but I'm extra careful. Now thats where its confusing as I could swear I have seen set screws that were dipped in blue loctite...Originally posted by luke View PostComment
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As far as I'm concerned blue loctite has no place anywhere on a marker, use purple 222MS and you shouldn't run into any problems. Heat will liquefy loctite if you are having problems removing screws, I have used boiling water and a torch, both work.
Teflon tape can become opaque after it has been compressed into the threads of a part. These pieces can end up in your valve assembly and cause problems. When I remove a part with tape sealer I will clean the threads with a pick to make sure all the tape is removed. I started using Loctite 545 instead of the tape and like it.
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I don't understand... people don't disassemble their markers every month and clean them?Comment
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I had a macroline fitting that wouldnt stop leaking.
Bought red loctite... and ended up not using it. I got it to stop leaking with enough teflon tape. I am really glad, because you guys make it sound like it will NEVER come out again if I had used it. Glad im returning it as well.Comment
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Would this be that mag you got from me? If so only thing I remember loctighting was that half hazard plug in the vert ASA that was butchered before me. I had to make it functional.
As for loctite colors. Purple? Blue red and green were all I knew of. Trigger set screws I use pipe dope on. Sets up but not solidify.Comment
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this is paintball, people will always do stupid things to guns like: baking a gun cause some fool read that it changes the look of anno, torque wrenches on screws loctite everywhere, vice grips on all those matching anno parts, too much grease, not enough lube, can't put on teflon tape, vaseline, cosmoline(or something simliar, i swear i had a sidewinder that was coated in the stuff), and don't get me on electronics. i have pics of someone that somehow grafted an actual piece of solder in between 2 pieces of wire.
you can't stop people for doing damage, its what idiots like to do. it just seems that they take it out on guns we buy.Comment
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Medium loc-tite always on all air fittings.
I never use teflon tape.
Never had any issues getting them off either.
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No need to use 'thread lock' in place of 'thread sealer' just buy the thread sealer>>
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^Now I know what to look for, just really glad I didn't use the red stuff on my gun... anywhere... at all.Comment
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