Browning Buckmark takedown screws

[Onefatgerman]

Is it common for the screws on top of Buckmarks to work themselves loose? If so, how do you handle it? Just keep checking and tightening, get new screws, or something else?

[CessnaDriver]

Yes it is. Well known problem, and easy fix....
Plumbers tape on the threads, or a little blue loctite.

[Onefatgerman]

Browning Buckmark takedown screws

Is it common for the screws on top of Buckmarks to work themselves loose? If so, how do you handle it? Just keep checking and tightening, get new screws, or something else?

[Onefatgerman]

Thanks.

[Onefatgerman]

Crud, sorry, this is as accidental repost. Please ignore this thread, and comment on the original if you feel inclined to do so.

[kcstott]

Yes it is. Well known problem, and easy fix....
Plumbers tape on the threads, or a little blue loctite.

Be advised. It's not plumbers tape.

It's teflon tape. If you go to the hardware store and ask for plumbers tape you will be handed a roll of galvanized metal strip with holes in it.

I do not recommend loctite 243 (blue) I recommend loctite 222 (purple) it's lower in strength and will insure you can remove with hand tools and no heat.

[CessnaDriver]

Be advised. It's not plumbers tape.

It's teflon tape. If you go to the hardware store and ask for plumbers tape you will be handed a roll of galvanized metal strip with holes in it.

I do not recommend loctite 243 (blue) I recommend loctite 222 (purple) it's lower in strength and will insure you can remove with hand tools and no heat.

What he said. Maybe the blue is overkill.
Honestly I've used blue in small amounts and it breaks free easy enough.
I do use quality hex drivers and not cheapy allen wrenches.
I think tape is the easier solution to try first.

[kcstott]

What he said. Maybe the blue is overkill.
Honestly I've used blue in small amounts and it breaks free easy enough.
I do use quality hex drivers and not cheapy allen wrenches.
I think tape is the easier solution to try first.

I agree, but i've also run into screws locked down with blue and snapped off. So just being the guy that has to fix stuff like this I go for 222 first. although teflon tape would work as well and rarely locks up.

[ojisan]

There are several brands of threadlocker, and they do not all use the same colors to indicate strength.

What you want to look for is not the color, but words like "low strength / frequent repair type".
Avoid "stud and bearing mount" or similar products.

[kcstott]

There are several brands of threadlocker, and they do not all use the same colors to indicate strength.

What you want to look for is not the color, but words like "low strength / frequent repair type".
Avoid "stud and bearing mount" or similar products.

i've tried to express this same thing and some just don't get that the old blue, red, green thing don't work, there are about six different varieties of each color and that's just the loctite brand.

222 is the about as low as you'd want to go