be warned-there is NO chemical substance which will rectify worn metal! the bore it fits in must be, by now oval. even god does not have a machine to make an oval spindle to make it right.the bore needs to be re-machined and a special spindle made to suit."thats the way it is" good luck.
Thanks Roy, firstly I would almost bet a gooses fa#t to a clap of thunder that the hole is not oval, if it is oval it would only be by half a thou at most, secondly upon inspection I am almost cetain that a similar repair has been done in the past in this hole: the only reason I am replacing the spindle is that the thread for the retaining nut was totally kaputt.
I have no doubt that you are speaking from years of experience Roy but I have seen Loctite products used and recommended very extensively even on high tech military aircraft (USAF, RAF as well as RAAF)
I am sure that when I eventually start the snarling beast for the first time I will come across many other things to repair, so I suppose this is temporary until I get to the point of an inevitable "cases apart" , at the moment I am simply repairing everything I can find without a complete strip down then it will be "start the beast" and find everything else that needs a look at.
Thanks for your input
Kevin