X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from smtpauth05.mail.atl.earthlink.net ([209.86.89.65] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3.4) with ESMTP id 1011092 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 23 Jun 2005 07:55:58 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.86.89.65; envelope-from=Dastaten@earthlink.net Received: from [24.238.206.157] (helo=earthlink.net) by smtpauth05.mail.atl.earthlink.net with asmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DlQIX-0007DJ-Pe for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 23 Jun 2005 07:55:09 -0400 Message-ID: <42BAA290.5030701@earthlink.net> Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 06:52:48 -0500 From: David Staten User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 Netscape/7.1 (ax) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Thread "sealing" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-ELNK-Trace: 9a30bff84e6cb88f95c85d38d22416599ef193a6bfc3dd48d2ab5ed5c226eb6724b3017b9471121b790fad917fc14d6b350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 24.238.206.157 Ok, I dont have my manual in front of me.. so maybe RTFM is the right answer.. But I am close to putting on my oil fittings "for good" and have noticed a few things... On the RWS redrives, I do not know if the female threaded holes (1/4" and 1/8") are tapered or not, but it appears that my AN fittings I have to thread into the holes on the RWS are able to bottom out. What is the appropriate method for ensuring a snug fit and preventing vibration or pressure induced flexing/loosening. Likewise, sealing options for other threaded ports (not the flared sides of the AN fittings, but the pipethreaded end of the fitting). Teflon? Lock-Tite? Whats the answer? I have heard of anecdotal stories of these products causing problems when bits and pieces of them break off and lodge someplace. Dave Staten