Groaner's Corner

[Chris KC]

Chris,
Heat the screws with propane torch to degrade the Loctite.
Depending how much was used, you may see the stuff bubble out the threads so job done.
Regularly try removing the screws/bolts during heating.
Done it plenty of times, and no need to heat so high as to distort anything.
I doubt oven would do the trick, as that stuff does as designed.

Geoff - Domestic dusting duty ?

Thanks Geoff. I must say I don't like applying localized heat to castings. However emboldened by your advice I managed to get the wee sods out over the weekend without doing any obvious harm. Even so took me the better part of 2 hours! Could only get them just hot enough to nudge round a few degrees at a time, leaning full body weight on a brand new screwdriver as the slots were failing - then back to heating again. Thank goodness there's a bit of muck inside worth cleaning!