Torque values with and without lubricant?

[georgeib]

Speaking of loctite, was reading it's good for two years unopened, one year once opened-never knew.

I never knew this either. Though I imagine that storage conditions have some bearing on how long it will last.

I know I've used the Permatex brand stuff that's a lot older than that without any ill effects. Maybe it's still fine as long as it's still liquid?

[556Cliff]

Speaking of loctite, was reading it's good for two years unopened, one year once opened-never knew.

Yep, there's an expiration date on the bottles of Loctite I buy and it's usually good for almost 2 years. Though I have emailed Loctite USA about it and they told me it does last longer than the expiration date, but I still try to change them out every 2 or 3 years. I mainly use blue 243 and sometimes red 263 if I need something stronger.

[Disciple]

Never knew either! I have a couple of tubes that must be at least ten years old and they still seem to work. What happens when it goes bad?

[mark5pt56]

I seem to go through blue well within the time frame-or the dang stuff weeps out in in the plastic baggie. I just grabbed another tube and will change to a vertical storage with them.

[Deadman William]

i have the same little bottles of red and blue locktite ive had for many years.. still seems to work OK, but i do rarely use it

didnt know it had a shelf-life, but i would imagine the conditions its stored in matter quite a bit. all of my gun solvents, lubes, thread lockers, etc, live in a cool, dark place

interesting thread - ive alwaya operated under the impression torque values dry unless specified wet - sounds like that is not a safe rule. i do tend toward a slot too tight rather than a slot too loose, and pre-work the threads.

ive never had a barrel fly off, at least

[mark5pt56]

Some, I know for instance Sig Sauer will list the values specifying whether or not to use loctite or not. (optics/plates)