Locktite and barrel timing

Wrangler100 · December 27, 2000, 03:16

If you use over 100 ft lbs to get the barrel to time properly is there a need to use locktite? I can't see a need unless the barrel is not very tight. Comments?

TOMMYGUN · December 27, 2000, 08:46

no locktight is necessesary. what is important is to get the barrel to come to 1:00 o'clock,looking down the barrel, when tightened by hand. this gives you the proper amount of "crush" when you wrench it in. also make sure your receiver block fits correctly before you tighten the vise. i've never seen one work loose when installed this way.

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Originally posted by Wrangler100:
If you use over 100 ft lbs to get the barrel to time properly is there a need to use locktite? I can't see a need unless the barrel is not very tight. Comments?

Snakeshot · December 27, 2000, 10:27

Tommy, did you mean 12:00?

Wadman · December 27, 2000, 10:41

Snakeshot, Tommy said it should time to 1:00 as viewed from the breech end when you HAND tighten the barrel. Going the rest of the way to 12:00 or TDC ought to be tight enough. Nope, you definitely shouldn't need any Locktite after you crunch it. As explained to me, what is happening is that you're stretching the threads and that's a pretty tight fit.

**gunplumber** · December 27, 2000, 17:59

Loktite is not necessary if building for yourself. I've used it as a CYA measure ever since I got an izzy back where the customer had pulled the barrel, reinstalled improperly, then returned for "warrenty" work. Since red locktite must have heat to melt, its pretty obvious when its been messed with. For the same reason, I use obnoxious colored nail polish to coat the screws after doing trigger jobs on Rem and Win rifles, and you'll notice many auto service centers mark the bolts after changing lube - keeps customer from claiming the bols were loose and the fluid drained and ruined the gearbox/transmission, engine.

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Wrangler100 · December 27, 2000, 20:29

Thanks, GP! (Love your movie)

**W.E.G.** · September 09, 2001, 13:50

btt

December 27, 2000, 03:16	#1
Wrangler100 Registered FALaholic #: 297 Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: NAS Keflavik, Iceland Posts: 437	Locktite and barrel timing If you use over 100 ft lbs to get the barrel to time properly is there a need to use locktite? I can't see a need unless the barrel is not very tight. Comments? __________________ Iceland is better than kalifornia.

December 27, 2000, 10:27	#3
Snakeshot Registered FALaholic #: 909 Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Non Harry Reid Nevada Posts: 4,045	Tommy, did you mean 12:00? __________________ "When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men living together in society, they create for themselves in the course of time a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that justifies it." Frederic Bastiat

December 27, 2000, 10:41	#4
Wadman Registered FALaholic #: 1095 Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: North East Illinois Posts: 2,820	Snakeshot, Tommy said it should time to 1:00 as viewed from the breech end when you HAND tighten the barrel. Going the rest of the way to 12:00 or TDC ought to be tight enough. Nope, you definitely shouldn't need any Locktite after you crunch it. As explained to me, what is happening is that you're stretching the threads and that's a pretty tight fit. __________________ The low road is frequently a four lane highway with no speed limit. Help Save the Kitties

December 27, 2000, 17:59	#5
gunplumber Arrogant Bastard Gold Contributor FALaholic #: 96 Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Surprise, AZ Posts: 15,763	Loktite is not necessary if building for yourself. I've used it as a CYA measure ever since I got an izzy back where the customer had pulled the barrel, reinstalled improperly, then returned for "warrenty" work. Since red locktite must have heat to melt, its pretty obvious when its been messed with. For the same reason, I use obnoxious colored nail polish to coat the screws after doing trigger jobs on Rem and Win rifles, and you'll notice many auto service centers mark the bolts after changing lube - keeps customer from claiming the bols were loose and the fluid drained and ruined the gearbox/transmission, engine. ------------------ T. Mark "Gunplumber" Graham gunplumber@arizonaresponsesystems.com Arizona Response Systems 5501 North 7th Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85013 623-873-1410 http://www.arizonaresponsesystems.com __________________ T. Mark Graham Master Gunsmith Arizona Response Systems, LLC

December 27, 2000, 20:29	#6
Wrangler100 Registered FALaholic #: 297 Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: NAS Keflavik, Iceland Posts: 437	Thanks, GP! (Love your movie) __________________ Iceland is better than kalifornia.

September 09, 2001, 13:50	#7
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