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I still don't know how a person could tear a tank vent off a 200T unless someone had it apart and didn't know how to reassemble it .Stihl did an excellant job of tucking that thing out of the way in such a way as to protect it from some such thing . Nothings impossible I suppose .

Seldom and usually not red . Every so often on a nut that keeps loosening I might use it but it takes heat to release it .About like installing a rivet . Now I did red Loctite a seal in an 038 Mag that keeps blowing out for reasons unknown to me .I have no idea what could have caused the seal...

Stihl uses wide headed torx type fasteners which are superior to standard grade 8 socket heads .The widder head does two things .First it gains better "purchase " on the part thusly making it less prone to backing out .Plus the torx design is less prone to failure than a socket head . What...

Good info,no need to apologize for a good piece of information .

Some yes but for what I consider critical I use a torque wrench .I have three little 1/4" A Snap -on dial ,Wiha torque beam release and a regular torque beam of which I forgot the name of . Oh Torque wrenchs .Lawd only knows I have a ton of them .From those itty bitty ones to 250 foot pound...

No big deal .The geometry of screwed fasteners is something I do on an every day bassis. ---Ha bet a lot of people thought all I did was change light bulbs -----:D

If you ever want to get it apart again don't use red Loctite .Buuuut keep in mind a screw that is not tightened to torque will fail faster than a properly torqued screw which includes backing out . A screw is like a big spring under tension to put it simpley .