Locktight - NO !

Hello all,
A few months ago I got some good advice here. Well it sounded damned
good to me at the time lol., but thought I'd post a warning now. My problem
was that the handle lock screw that holds the handle on my new Diawa
Capricorn Spinning reels kept loosening up. Every two hours or so I had to
tighten them back up. Someone recommended Lock Tight and that sounded like
a perfectly good idea to me. Fact recall saying to myself "well dummy why
didn't you think of that?"

In any event a few weeks later I applied the lock tight to the shaft of
the handle lock screw and waited about 24 hours. It worked perfectly. The
rest of the season the lock screws never loosend up again. This weekend
however I was cleaing my reels. Wasn't even attempting to loosen that screw
up when all of a sudden the plastic cap on the screw lock broke in half. As
did every cap on all four other reels the min. I touched touched them.
Acccccccccccccck.. From a function standpoint the screw lock is in place ok,
but asthetically not a good idea. Thought I'd warn ya'll to keep lock tight
away from any plastic parts because it appears to severely weaken the
plastic.

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Josh The Bad Bear