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FastenerswithaLockingFeature
IMPORTANT
Ifafastenerwithalockingfeatureorpreviouslyappliedthread
lockingcompoundisreused,cleanthefastenerthreadsandapply
newthreadlockertothefastenerduringinstallation.
Lockingfeaturesaredesignedtocreatefrictionandpreventafastenerfrom
loosening.Lockingfeaturescanbefoundonexternallyorinternallythreaded
fasteners.Commonexamplesareplasticinsertsincorporatedintothefastener
andpre-applied“dry”threadlockingcompound.Keepinmind,afastenerwith
alockingfeatureusuallymeanstherewillbefrictionduringinitialinstallation
andduringremoval.
Tororecommendsreplacingfastenerswithalockingfeatureoncetheyhave
beenremovedbecausetheeffectivenessofthelockingfeaturediminisheswith
eachreuse.Ifitisnecessarytoreuseafastenerwithalockingfeature;applya
threadlockingcompound(Loctiteforexample)tothefastenerduringinstallation.
Usetheappropriatestrengthandtypeofthreadlockingcompoundbasedon
application,fastenersizeorinformationfoundintheproductOperatorsManual,
ServiceManualorInstallationInstructions.
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