This absolutely works!!!!!!!! I was able to remove a big dot from my 43x and it had a fair amount of Red loctite to say the least, after I applied the break cleaner and let it sit for 2-3 hours it was like it never had Red loctite!!!!! Thanks for this!!!

Thanks for the help. Wish I knew about this years ago. I let a gun go because of a red Loctite issue. I've kicked myself many times but now more so. Working on a different gun now & you are a blessing! Thank you soooo much!

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Awesome just Awesome, saved me a 400 dollar ar upper receiver . It's aluminum and I was putting on a quick connect barrel , made a mistake and needed to remove 24hrs later. IT WORKED. BADDDD ASS. THANKS BRO

Really didn’t want to take a torch to a gun, ty ty ty

Worked to remove the charging handle on my Ruger PC charger. Let soak about one hour then used allen wrench inserted into a socket wrench to gain leverage.

This was awesome!! I learned TWO things - Brakleen AND the two-nut removal method! Thanks man!!

Hey all! Tried today and yup! It works! . Tanks a million Adrian 👏👏👏👏👍

Amazing! You may have saved me a giant headache from standing on my head with an air-assisted cutting tool! Thank you!

Good stuff! Yes, red can Brakleen is clorinated. Green can is non-clorinated.

Thank you for this video! I have a small pipe /connector that I need to remove from a compressor and put on a replacement part because this connector is no longer made. This should work!

Thanks for the tip. Perchloroethylene is dry-cleaning fluid (I know because I used to work at a commercial dry-cleaning company).

Awesome!!! Wish I knew this before!! Henkel aka Loctite should print that on their products for removal!

Thank you sir!!! Worked like a charm!

Nice video man! Love your work!

If you just use a very small amount of red you can always remove the bolt down the road if need be. I don't understand why people go so heavy with its application. A tiny dot will keep things secure without screwing you later.

I thought I used red loctite on my sway bar bolt on my Nissan Rogue. But I didn’t. Or can’t remember and did not see any remnants. Anyways, I tried liquid wrench & wd-40 and it loosen but got stuck halfway. Hard to budge. Pretty much stuck. So I used non-chlorinated brake cleaner (all I had) and it worked like a charm. Thanks👍

I'm gonna try this. If this works, you are my hero!

Hey appreciate you sharing your approach. I’m about ready to try it. My situation its a hex locked with the liquid on a delicate plotter machine that when turned keeps missing its factory position being out of its alignment. So I’m thinking to reposition the hex lock nut then where it should be at startup. Hope works for me. Thanks

you're the man....worked like a charm. thank you

Thank you soo much for making this video. I thought for sure I was going to have to buy the Loctite brand stuff that costs a fortune! The handgun sights I am trying to take off were installed the Red Loctite and the only other option I saw was heat. This can of break cleaner was $4 shipped. Can't wait to try it out. If I have any left I can use it to...clean my brakes too lol!

Nice, Have you tried acetone with transmission fluid mixed? 🤔 Is ther a other cheap brake cleaner available, that I can get in the UK ?

Loctite can be corrosive also. If I just need standard 242 blue loctite,I substitute 3m yellow weatherstrip adhesive,it has about the same strength as blue.

AWESOME , thank you !!!! i striped the allen bolts on R1 rear sets

bro thank you soooooo much...I mistakenly used loctite on my bike's seatpost and it stuck to the frame. tried to remove but nothing even tried dryer. then I saw this video. I didn't have the brake cleaner but I have a chain cleaner which worked as well. now my bike is alright thanks alot. I hope people with this problem on their bikes see this post cause I've seen alot looking for a solution.

Thanks for sharing dude !

Thanks for the tip. I'm going to try it to get the bolts out of some Wilwood brake hats. BTW, any chemical with -chloro in the name contains chlorine. Chlorinated stuff is pretty nasty, so try to use it outside.

Thanks for posting the video. I had to remove a plug in my rv low pressure manifold that had been put in with red thread lock. Was stripping it out, until I used your trick. Soaked it, let it sit an hour and was able to remove it. Thanks again.

Much appreciated brother thanks, I will try that. Someone Red Locktite the pitman arm on my steering gear. Broke 2 pullers already. That CRC eats right through paint so sounds about right. Be very careful with chlorinated products extreemly toxic......

I had no idea! You wouldn’t believe the areas I’ve had to heat up to losen up red locktite

Thank you for sharing this!

I used acetone (nail polish remover) on red thread locker. Worked immediately.

Perfect but what about when something is horizontally placed??

Thank You so much 👊

This just saved me a lot of time! Thanks! Maybe next time try one with the non-chlorinated version just to confirm!

Will this solution harm hard plastic ? I have some thread machine bolts into blind holes. They are stainless . So I must pool the brake clean on top of the hard plastic body and let in soak / wick down into the threads . Thanks for any info

My Dude you are the Man!!

How would you clean the dried up loctite from the bolt holes if you plan on reinstalling the bolts? Just use brake cleaner? Cause I'm assuming if you don't get that gunk off and you reinstall your bolt, it might affect your torque specs, no?

Great information! Another alternative to the red Loctite is to use Permatex Orange thread locker. It holds like red but removes easily with hand tools.

Great idea, I’ll try this later

This is why I love Utube... It worked. Thanx..

wow, great solution!!! Thank for sharing,

Good trick brother right on

life saver thanks for this video

You said, you keep the cleanere away from everything non metall. What happens if you use it near plastic? I have a problem with a screw in a plastic-disc which I secured with this blue middle-hard locktight. Now I have to remove the screw but it sits in there like glued for eternity. I cant grap the bottom because its too flat and so if I turn the screw the bottom turns with it. Any Idea? I cant use much heat eighter, cause it will melt the plastic-part the screw sits in.

I don’t know about your vise but I can flip the jaws on mine by unscrewing them. Just flip them to the smooth side so they don’t marr. I have a Wilton vise.

Which solvent should I use to clean the dried Loctite on the screw threads with the wire brush?

Need to know non heat options like this. Thanks.

I wish that would work on my firearm grip screws. The locktite is red but I probably should you that stuff.

Bro. Weird question. Do you think it’s normal for a balisong to be threadlocked with the red one?

some red lotite leaked on my piston with a sleeve over it. going to try this.

Good tip to know, I bought a used Zero-Turn mower about a year ago and decided to give it an oil change and some idiot put Red Loctite on the drain plug and it's in a position where I can't comfortably apply heat to and thats the only way I knew how to remove it. I've got that exact brand of Brake Cleaner (stuff scares the crap out of me, some nasty, no-joke chemical) now I gotta suit up like a Meth chemist and exhume that stuff from the back of my cabinet lol

Thanks for the tidbit.

Thank you for sharing i used this to remove Chinese Carburetor bowl screws That had red Loctite go figure I guess the lock washers were too expensive

Damn this is extremely good to know! Thanks for making the video

Need to get red locktite off my lug nuts on my wheel spacers. Will this work ?

I have a Heritage Rough Rider and one of my dad's friend happens to have the most experience with handling firearms so I took to him to ask for assistance in applying Loctite to the little screws the hold together my handgun. However, he is growing advance in age and he didn't have his glasses so he applied the Loctite to the spring which houses the locking mechanism which locks the rod which holds the cylinder in place because it looked like an "oddly loose screw ya got here." I want to purchase another cylinder but I cannot until the Loctite is removed somehow and I don't want to pay my local gunsmith $60 to fix it when I could potentially remedy the spring in question myself. My question: Would that the CRC Brekleen be able to work in the spring, if you have any knowledge in the realm of firearms? Thank you.

Which red Loctite? i need to separate a flange sealed with 518 think it will work?

Thanks needed the video for rc cars

Thanks for sharing. I'm looking to clean up some bolts. Toronto, Canada

im guessing this would work for the blue loctite as well?

Will it also work on blue Loctite?

Pls do you know which one is better for inner tie rod: Loctite 271 or 272? In one film on utube, he said 272, but on the 271 it is said for rods up to 3/4 in in D. That is a diameter on the car in utube film and on my car. On 272 it is said up to 1-1/2". I would appreciate any opinion on this matter.

Wish I knew this 6 months ago , broke 2 engine mounting bolts on my lawnmower. Thanks

Red CRC breakclean is chlorinadated and the Green label is non- chlorinated.

Would it work to dissolve blue loctite as well? I have some I need to clean out of my jack shaft in my sled

Good to know, but this video could have been about 1 minute long.

Legend!! Thanks

Thank you! Great thing to know.

Cool thanks. My tripod screw that's embedded in my iPhone case for the tripod is loose thread now (still has bite). What threadlock brand and model could I use to repair a loose thread? Thank you. God bless.

Tried this on spindle of a shock absorber, it did not work at all. Spindle had a hex head, nut on threads below that. Put on CRC Brakleen, really soaked it, left overnight. Tried to turn the nut next day, instead the hex head broke off the spindle. Had to sawzall right through the nut, sure enough red loctite on the threads.

Thumbs up my brother. Thanks for the info. :)

Thanks 👍

Need this for my scooter variator.do I have to wait a hour .

Will that stuff take clear coat and paint off? I put some on a kuryaken mount I need to get off.

Will this work on white locktite? It's worse than red and was used on the tiny t8 torx screws on the handle of a pocket knife.

Ill try it im trying to replace seat nelts that were cut and the bottom bolt uses red loctite

I can't understand why ANYONE would use red Loctite on a gun, or for that matter much of anything else. Blue Loctite will hold any screw you need held solidly on a gun.

Will this work on blue?

Hi isn't the brake cleaner fast drying? So does that mean that in order to properly soak the loctite, you need to constantly spray it on? Thanks!

What if I need to lock the bolt again with red loctite? Will the left over Brakleen affects the bond of a fresh application of threadlocker?

Brakleen evaporates extremely quickly so leaving it to soak is about useless... spray it heavy wait just a few minutes until its about evaporated then spray again tap lightly with a hammer to cause vibrations so that product works its self in deeper into the threads then remove fastener takes 5 to 10 minutes total soaking is a waste of time

It works great

I notice that there are two versions of this product and one is not available in CA and NJ. Please advise.

I put lock tight on my tread protector on my Glock 19 I'm gonna try this cause I can't get it off no matter how much strength I use

I have a barrel nut on my CZ scorpion I wonder if this would work?

Can you share how to remove the loctite in threaded hole. I unscrew my oil pan bolt and realised original factory assembly used loctite. How to clean it from the threaded hole.

does it work on loctite 242 blue?

that's nice. WoW

Non-chlorinated brake cleaner doesn't work. I already had some CRC non-chlorinated, in the green can, so sprayed a good amount on threads from both ends about 12 times over a three hour stretch. The part is still solid. So I'll try the chlorinated tomorrow. And people should wear safety glasses, but not plastic reading glasses. Thanks Adrian, good to know how to avoid using heat. .......The auto parts store didn't have any chlorinated, and said it's being phased out of production. So online they found KANO Aerokroil in an orange spray can. Expensive at $22. I'm not sure if it worked. I applied it 6 times, letting it soak different lengths of time from many hours to one hour. 4 times, while trying to turn the threaded part, I applied about 120° F from a heat gun on low. It finally came loose for some turning distance, so I applied maybe 160° F and the part turned off fairly easy. The Areokroil night be the reason the red Locktite turned to a brittle plastic that was easy to remove. Again, I'm not sure if the heat neutralized the Locktite or the Areokroil or both.

How do you let it sit overnight when it evaporates so fast?

Mantap infonya, terima kasih 😊

should of thought of this lmao break cleaner melts like everything

So NoN chlorinated won't work.!???

Does it clean the red Loctite off the bolt?

I was hopeful this would work for sight removal on a Bul Armory 1911. Nope. The search goes on.

Will any brake cleaners work? Or should it be CRC Brakleen?

I have a AR9 pistol I am trying to replace the tube with a arm brace and the manufacturer put loctite where the tube is attached behind the polymer pistol grip 😬😬😬

Any idea how it reacts to blue loctite?

Does this work for rocksett as well?