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I ended up getting a 10 mL bottle of Vibra-tite 530, a general purpose retaining compound, which with a shear strength of 2300 psi is a little stronger than Loctite 641. @John Ochab, I think you point about removability of the medium-strength Loctite 641 is a good one, however, I went with the Vibra-tite, because I could trust the legitimacy of the product and I don't trust the vendors selling the Loctite on Amazon and Ebay. The Vibra-tite 530 is comparable to Loctite 609/675 and its shear stregnth is on the low end of the product range.

Late yesterday afternoon I applied the compound using a toothpick—the tool at hand—and today I reassembled the trucks, lubed everything and now they're waiting for the another six hours to finish curing. I'm pretty sure that I cleaned all of the surfaces sufficiantly. For this first attempt at the fix, I used a minimal amount of retaining compound, hopefully it will be enough.

Thank you, John, for sharing your wisdom! This kind of knowledge sharing is a large part of what makes OGR a great forum.

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