fule hose connectors ?

[jackal]

thread lock or not ?


cheers

R

[rev-erend]

No need - the clip bites into the rubber which exerts a return force and being rubber stops vibration..

It's just overkill.

[GreenV8S]

What do you mean by connectors?

[jackal]

ok

these are large screw connectors... the swanky anodised kind (not clips around rubber)

[GreenV8S]

That sounds as if you're talking about hydraulic screw connections.

If the fittings use a parallel thread which pulls two conical sealing faces together then they would be fitted dry. If it uses a tapered thread where the threads themeselves form the seal, you would wind a layer of PTFE over the thread before assembling. In both cases the fitting needs to be done up to the correct torque to seal properly. Thread lock would not be required anywhere.

[jackal]

great thanks

its the first type

two cones

[oakdale]

You could carefully use some none setting jointing compound if you wish, but don't go anywhere near fuel systems with thread locking liquid.