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Big Game Hunting => Bow Hunting => Topic started by: lilswab on August 21, 2009, 02:57:33 AM

Title: Loctite and Threadlocker on all bolts/screws!
Post by: lilswab on August 21, 2009, 02:57:33 AM: I forgot to put loctite on all my bow bolts last year. My sight and quiver bolts rattled loose a few times. Of course I left my hex wrench at camp! :bash: My leatherman was not the best way to tighten loose bolts. Just a friendly reminder :)
Title: Re: Loctite and Threadlocker on all bolts/screws!
Post by: Armadillo on August 25, 2009, 09:06:17 AM: Good advice! The same thing happened to me last season >:(
Title: Re: Loctite and Threadlocker on all bolts/screws!
Post by: JBR on August 31, 2009, 01:43:31 PM: Me too. Too many bumps on those logging roads, loosened up a screw in my upper cam on my elk hunt last year. I had to drive into Yakima and a local bow shop there (can't remember the name right now) saved my bacon! I now have spare screws with me.
Title: Re: Loctite and Threadlocker on all bolts/screws!
Post by: BULLBLASTER on August 31, 2009, 02:18:35 PM: i like some string wax on teh threads instead of loctite. it will come apart easier when you need it to and stop rattling loose, and i check after each hunt too.
Title: Re: Loctite and Threadlocker on all bolts/screws!
Post by: Fullabull on August 31, 2009, 02:40:06 PM: That's why, in my backpack I carry a pencil pouch with emergency needs for my bow:

String loop
Needle nose pliers
Serving String
lighter
Peep sight
Allen wrench set
String wax
String separating tool

Good luck
Title: Re: Loctite and Threadlocker on all bolts/screws!
Post by: lilswab on September 01, 2009, 12:55:51 AM: :yeah: Thanks for all the extra ideas Fullabull...an extra peep! Good idea. Would be a long day driving all the way home for one. Mine is pretty secure but it would just be my luck to lose the thing...
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Post by: coachcw on September 02, 2009, 12:23:35 PM: just leave your bow out in the rain works great .
Title: Re: Loctite and Threadlocker on all bolts/screws!
Post by: lilswab on September 03, 2009, 01:08:45 AM: :sas:
Title: Re: Loctite and Threadlocker on all bolts/screws!
Post by: coachcw on September 03, 2009, 06:56:13 AM: What? rust is natures thread lock :chuckle:
Title: Re: Loctite and Threadlocker on all bolts/screws!
Post by: elkoholic1 on September 08, 2009, 01:56:24 PM: never trust anyone else that they tightened ur stufff after working on it, ( archery shop) there tight might be snugg, always check and recheck your bolts especially before u leave to go hunting, and i mean all the bolts top to bottom. :twocents: