Posted by: Vampyr on May 07, 2003 at 21:46:29

From Loctite... A: The application of heat is needed to remove a fastener that can't be removed with a hand tool. Temperatures of 325F and above is needed to break down a standard anaerobic, 500F for high temperature Anaerobics. A heat gun or propane torch is commonly used to do this process, and careful disassembly should occur while parts are still hot. Once apart, and cooled, use methylene chloride (Chisel #79040) to remove cured excess material. Always wipe down the fasteners with clean up solvent to remove the wax film that Chisel leaves on the surface. This means if you set your oven for say 350..... See dales post. : I think you might need something hotter than a lighter. Small torch will do the job...maybe a butane lighter??? You can try soaking the area with WD-40 overnight. You'll be able to loosen whatever was red loctited(sp? is that even a word? hehe). : : Thanks! I'll be good from there. So the only way to remove locktite is to apply heat...say from a lighter? Or can I go about removing the residue using some other removal method? So far I've been picking at it with a compass use for drawing lol. Sounds cheap but it works. I don't have any fine tools quite yet....so I had to make due. Any further info would be appeciated. Thx again.

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