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Originally Posted by stat
If I were to use loctite, should I use less force on the screws knowing that a threadlocking agent is used? My main concern is causing damage to the screw or threads in the link (by tightening to tight) that may somehow cause bracelet failure. The screws are inserted so I'm thinking if I didn't strip the screws now nothing "bad" will happen in the future.
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Yes, certainly..
Remember as I said before... the screws do not actually hold (clamp) anything together; so they do not need to be very tightly screwed in.. just enough so they are unlikely to back-out..
The pins are in shear-load on each side of the link and the tightness they are screwed in has nothing to do with the security of the link on the bracelet.... So, even if you did break one off at the thread end, the bracelet will still hold because the other side will keep the link from pulling from the bracelet...the pin needs to come completely out before you will lose your bracelet.