Thread Locking for Loose threads

[deltaenterprizes]

I have a loose fit on some threads that I cut . They lock up tight but I am looking for a thread locking compound that will fill in the slop.

[BCRider]

As in locking it so it doesn't come loose? Loctite or other brand thread locker would do that for you. Pick the color based on how permanent and what sort of load it has to resist.

Or are you wanting a running fit and just want to fill in the sloppiness? For that I have no idea since even a running fit needs SOME play. And any filler would fill 100%.

[rolland]

Without trying to be facetious why not just recut the tread to a better fit

[deltaenterprizes]

Without trying to be facetious why not just recut the tread to a better fit

If that was possible, I would have done it!

[Video Man]

This might work, you should put some release agent of some sort on the male thread, I think. Amazon.com: Loctite 236382 4.8-ML. Form-A-Thread Stripped Thread Repair Kit : Tools & Home Improvement Failing that, Helicoil.....or if it's the male thread that's too loose, sometimes a wrap of small copper wire around the threads will tighten things up.

[true temper]

Get some Devcon plastic steel epoxy, works great on sloppy fits. Clean it up real good first. Heat will be the only way to get it apart without breaking something.

[Doozer]

Just run the lathe in reverse and put some metal back on.

-D

[deltaenterprizes]

Just run the lathe in reverse and put some metal back on.

-D

Now why didn’t I think of that!😊
Now I will have to dig out the right chips to put the metal back on!

[Doozer]

I had a production manager believing that was possible
at a meeting in the front office. Really.

It is called NTPMTD.
Non Technical People Making Technical Decisions.
Today, if you have an MBA degree, you can murder
somebody and HR will help you bury the body in the
back yard.

-D

[RB140]

Just run the lathe in reverse and put some metal back on.

-D

Can you show me how to do this LOL

[Doozer]

Can you show me how to do this LOL

I would but I am not sure how to use my video editing software
to make a video play in reverse yet

-D

[David Powell]

Take the male part. put in hydraulic press, ovalise ( If that is such a word) the part till the female part will just tightly screw on. Go to pub, get rolling drunk and forget about what you did. If anyone ever complains blame bad lathe bearings. Regards David Powell.

[lynnl]

It would seem to me that coating the threads with a coat (or maybe 2 or 3) of lacquer or enamel, and letting dry well, would take up the slack. O course, depending on the frequency of assembly/disassembly, it would eventually rub off in the tighter areas, but not in the looser spots.

[Doozer]

Take the male part. put in hydraulic press, ovalise ( If that is such a word) the part till the female part will just tightly screw on. Go to pub, get rolling drunk and forget about what you did. If anyone ever complains blame bad lathe bearings. Regards David Powell.

I have an old (1910?) O.C. White lamp that, sometime in the past,
got missing a #14-20 nut. Someone took a 1/4-20 hex nut and
squished it a bit, so the threads meshed just right about perfect,
on 2 sides ! ! ! I have the lamp in my shop and I love this lost
nut fix workaround.
I have done a similar squish technique on a wing nut that I left in the Evaporust too long.
It became loose on the mating bolt. So I squished the wing nut slightly in the press and
make it slightly oval. Now the threads fit tight, and I saved my special wing nut.
I have even squished bronze acme nuts that are worn with too much backlash in the press
to tighten them up a bit. This was a temporary fix to put off making a new one when I had
more time. But it worked and may serve me well for a few years.

--Doozer

[RB140]

Just a thought if it is the bolt try putting fine knurl on it it may expand the bolt enough to make a tighter fit I did this on a rod once that was loose in a bore it did help for what I was doing but like I said it is just a thought