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Old Apr 21, 2019 | 10:24 PM
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Loctite or Permatex Thread locker

I've seen so many dang instructional videos from Ford Technicians of F150 and other Ford repair How-to installation instructions that describe the use of thread sealant/locker. First of all it isn't necessary if you use the appropriate torque specs and secondly it makes the simple jobs a real pain. Trying to get the dang fill plug out of my rear differential and the damn thing is obviously been threadlocked in place by that stuff. Hopefully a good PB Blaster soak will be the solution on this. Why do techs use it so dang much?
 
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Old Apr 21, 2019 | 10:31 PM
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Try heat from a torch
 
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Old Apr 22, 2019 | 12:32 AM
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Gonna give that a shot now. Hopefully this will do it. Soaked it for a couple hours no luck. Would be awesome I'd they'd make them with a hex head plug like the oil pan.
 
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