Pinion gear red or bue loctite ?

[samintrepid]

The pinion gear on my savage flux come loose couple of time after i put a blue loctite, i want know if is too dangerous to put a red loctite on set srew or is better to clean pinion and set screw and reapply another blue ?

[sleebus.jones]

I'd say there's another problem if blue won't hold it. I don't even use any loctite on my pinion grub screws. Never needed it. I'd check alignment, mesh and look for vibration.

[skellyo]

I'd clean them both and reapply the blue. Also be sure that you're using a high quality hex driver than you can torque it down with.

[BrianG]

Blue has always held well for me. IIRC, lock-tite does get weaker with high temps, so if the pinion is getting hot enough to weaken the bond, maybe the mesh is too tight?

[samintrepid]

I have burned 2 slipper pad and the spur gear become extremely hot i think is that and for my gear mesh i have put paper just like the manuel said and now i have buy a new pad and some 4mm bolt for slipper.

[skellyo]

You may want to tighten the slipper down more. Mine got loose after a couple of packs and the spur got stupid hot. After that I pulled it and tightened it all the way and then backed off about 1/4 turn. No problems since then, even running on 6S.

[mkrusedc]

Tighten the slipper like skellyo said. I run mine 1/8 loose. Clean and reapply blue loctite.

[MetalMan]

Another thought - Is the set screw old? They have a sharp edge (cup) on the bottom that allows them to "bite" into the motor shaft. Over time this edge wears out and can allow the set screw to loosen up a lot easier than if it were new.

Originally Posted by sleebus.jones

I'd say there's another problem if blue won't hold it. I don't even use any loctite on my pinion grub screws. Never needed it.

I've never needed loctite on my pinion set screws until I graduated up to these high voltage brushless MT systems! That was a rude awakening. Since then blue has worked fine for me

[fastbaja5b]

I use the Blue loctite and it's fine, just check your set screw with a hex wrench before each run as well.

[shizzon]

you should wait alt least 2 hours after applying to use the truck, preferably over night. If used right after applying most of the thread lock will fly off.

[Jabe]

You can try applying loctite betwene shaft and pinion also.
Also clean threads on pinion and change to new set screw.

Dunno about you guys, but I got farking sick of my pinion gear set screw coming out on my new Savage Flux, damn thing came out 4 times after only two drives. Co I cleaned it and red loctited that SOB in their. Now it should be going nowhere

What is the problem with red lock-tite? Aren't all the colors made to break their seal at high temps?

not saying he should use it, just curious. For the record, blue lock-tite has always worked for me.

as others have said , only blue imo

also helps to let it set up for about 1 day if you havent