Glock and loctite

[Clyde777]

last night I redid the front sights on my glocks and everything was good so this morning I was gonna take them out to go shooting so I was cleaning it and someone knocked over my clp onto the slide and spilled all over the slide. Is it possible for the clp to affect the red loctite in the sight since it hasn't been 24 hours yet to dry all the way?

[26 Inf]

That is not something that I would worry about.

When you think about it, if the CLP was spilled onto the exterior of the slide it would have to wick between the sight and slide, down the the side of the portion of the sight which fits into the cutout on the slide and then up along the threads of the machine screw holding the sight in place.

I've installed dozens of aftermarket and Glock front sights on pistols, most of which were used that same day and then cleaned that evening (LE training range) with no problems.

I wouldn't be concerned, you can always periodically check your front sight for looseness to reassure yourself.

[ggammell]

Yeah man I’d say good to go. I’ve seen sights mounted wit blue and shot literally minutes later. The screw tension is doing most of the work. The loctite is just insurance.

[Clyde777]

Okay cool I just didnt know if the clp got into it somehow if it would mess with the red loctite in some way and not let it dry all the way or something.

I have another question I had someone tell me to make sure the loctite is only on the thread portion of the screw and if you put it on the tip, it could prevent the screw from tightening all the way as the loctite will be trying to compress between the tip and the bottom of the hole in the sight. These are night sights so I dont think the tip of screw would be touching the bottom of the hole but I did put red loctite over the whole screw including the threads and the tip will this cause issues?

[mark5pt56]

Provided the sight is tight, no worries.

[Bart Noir]

Red Loctite? Those sights will never come off, unless somebody knows a solvent or something. I could not get a front sight off after using only blue Loctite. That little rim on the screw doesn't let the sight tool apply all that much torque.

And why in heck does blue Loctite come in a red tube?

Bart Noir

[5.56Geo]

And why in heck does blue Loctite come in a red tube?

Bart Noir

The same reason you park in a driveway and drive on a parkway.

[ST911]

Red Loctite? Those sights will never come off, unless somebody knows a solvent or something. I could not get a front sight off after using only blue Loctite. That little rim on the screw doesn't let the sight tool apply all that much torque.

And why in heck does blue Loctite come in a red tube?

Bart Noir

It comes off.
Some FS screws have more surface area than others, and the tool matters.

[NYH1]

And why in heck does blue Loctite come in a red tube?

Bart Noir

Yeah, I always wondered about that myself. Didn't red Loctite once come in a blue tube?

NYH1.

[AKDoug]

Yeah, I always wondered about that myself. Didn't red Loctite once come in a blue tube?

NYH1.

Yes. I still have red locktite in a blue tube. To remove is simple. Take a soldering iron and apply it to the head of the screw for a few seconds. It will come right out.