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Number 6 · Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 10:30 pm Post subject: Lock the throttle sync screws

When I sync my throttles, I can feel it's much smoother, starts easier and my mileage increases but after a while (few weeks) it needs to be resynched, one time I tried to lock them with nail polish, next time with thread locker but except making new syncs more difficult, it doesn't lock them enough. I asked OReilly auto parts for specific paint to lock screws (not the threads but just the heads) but they don't have that. Who knows where I can get the right product?

Thanks.
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RAL88 · Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 11:38 pm Post subject:

If you're talking about the screws that adjust the butterflies I locked mine in 1999 with testors enamel paint and I haven't had to touch them since.
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Number 6 · Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 12:39 am Post subject:

drikko · Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 1:06 am Post subject:

Sounds like you might have something else wrong, have you checked for leaks around your inlet manifolds? Sounds like there may be a leak getting progressively worse.

Or can you see that the screws have actually moved by the nail polish being broken?
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Number 6 · Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 1:13 am Post subject:

No, I've had that before on other K bikes, it they're not stuck one way or another, they drift, sometime after monthes, sometime after a week.
I know there are specific products for that, just windering where I can buy it.
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Ronswin · Joined: 25 Jan 2007 Posts: 18 Location: Richmond, VA

Number 6, I use an industrial product call Vibratite. It is not the same as Loctite as its not meant to lock fasteners down, just prevent them from being affected by vibration.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008D6GHY6/ref=biss_dp_sa1
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Jim · Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 8:08 pm Post subject:

There's a thread on here somewhere about locking paint ...
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SugarHillCTD · Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 9:33 pm Post subject:

You have used Loctite Red?

http://www.loctiteproducts.com/p/10/15/t_lkr_red/overview/Loctite-Threadlocker-Red-271.htm

If applied correctly, this stuff is TOUGH (personal experience) and I find it hard to understand how it would allow any screw to move
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Number 6 · Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 9:43 pm Post subject:

geovar · Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 5:14 am Post subject:

"6"
Give a look if this is what you are looking for
http://en.henkel-mea.com/hme/content_data/170808_7414_Sell_Sheet.pdf
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Number 6 · Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 11:12 am Post subject:

Number 6 · Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 1:47 am Post subject:

Searched online, cannot find it in US...
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Jim · Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 5:07 am Post subject:

Hockeyshifter or someone mentioned it in a thread a couple years ago.

If you can't get it here, why not order it?

http://www.friebe.aero/Aircraft_Materials/5,2,21,145,682,4536,0,2.html
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1997 K1100LTSE 94,000 - still has gremlins!
1995 R100RT Classic 16,650 crashed - repaired!
1992 K75RTP 46,000

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geovar · Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 5:58 am Post subject:

Try this. I think is in the US
http://www.chiefaircraft.com/aircraft/chemicals/torque-seal.html
And hear:
http://www.skygeek.com/torque-seal.html
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