Galling
Hi Brion.
Thanks for the answer. I live in Germany and am having problems locating 3M 4000 UV but shall persevere. I have assembled 8 terminals @ 8 mm dry (first assembly?) with no difficulties, but when I started the first of the two 10 mm terminals for my forestay it happened! Galling. I managed to get the components apart, but Iīm not sure if I can clean up the threads suffficiently to risk using the terminal again. Now to my question: you say that StaLok donīt recommend using Loctite for first assembly. Do you mean the "dry run" where the terminal is screwed together then taken apart again to check that the wedge and former have done their job? I have your DVD and you donīt recommend this there, but I guess best practice develops with time. I tested all the StaLok terminals before accepting them, just as you recommend, and they were all ok. The above-mentioned 10 mm pig was also ok when I tested it before installing.
I had a good morning, successfuly installing 8 terminals, but a very bad afternoon!
Yours aye,
Bill
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