Guide Rail connector screws.

[sancho57]

Hey Darcy, Im pretty good at finding screws if I live closer d find them inna heart beat, they are slippery little devils.

I got a metric thread pitch gauge lemme check for ya

Theyre 1.0 mm

When it comes to screws dood. Im da man  [tongue]

 

[agehall]

My question is why the heck didn't festool use hex bolts to begin with? The sloted bolts sucks. I noted that Makita has hex bolts on their connector, so I might pick up a couple of those when my screws are worn out.

 

[WarnerConstCo.]

My question is why the heck didn't festool use hex bolts to begin with? The sloted bolts sucks. I noted that Makita has hex bolts on their connector, so I might pick up a couple of those when my screws are worn out.

The used slotted so you don't crank them down.  I have bought replacement hex screws for mine and you don't want to tighten them down very much or you will pucker the rail.

 

[fritter63]

silicone caulk  can help with that. remove the screws, apply caulk and run them back in. the caulk provides just enough `tack` to help keep them from vibrating out, but not so much to make them a PITA to use.

You might try loc-tite for that as well. It's the only thing that keeps my harley together on the road....

Dont' get the wrong kind though. There's "blue" and "red". That's the color of the stuff, not the tube it comes in. Can't remember off hand, but one color does what harry describes, the other makes sure you'll never be able to get the screw out.... [eek]

 

[TomGadwa1]

The blue color is the removable type. Red is for permanent applications.

 

[Sparktrician]

silicone caulk  can help with that. remove the screws, apply caulk and run them back in. the caulk provides just enough `tack` to help keep them from vibrating out, but not so much to make them a PITA to use.

Loctite 242 (blue, in a red bottle) works quite well to prevent screws from migrating to places unseen by human eyes.  Been using it on my devices that hurl lead at high speed and a long way for many years. 

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