Besides, this adapter is pretty much identical to the adapter that Apple put on their last-generation iMac, starting around 2009 or so - again, nothing new here. I'm almost 60 now, and I've been using the Threadlocker for maybe 45 years now, when I started working on cars. The YouTuber is misrepresenting the issue, and that's where I fault him. One of my mantras in this, know what you're talking or writing about, or STFU. He spent a fair amount of time making a video, I took 3 minutes out of my day to actually lay out the box's contents. Then, he went off on making a claim that was inaccurate, and he didn't take any time to figure out exactly what happened - basically, making **** up and manufacturing a crisis that isn't actually representative of what really happened. Here's the tech writer in me, offering that "misplaced" relates to "not appropriate or correct in the circumstances", which is not correct in relation to my position - it was appropriate in that his gripes about the materials were not correct and he claimed that it was a material failure - it wasn't in that the Threadlocker performed exactly as designed, and the screw(s) failed as a result of not properly being extracted. I didn't write "misplaced", I wrote "misdirected". There's a couple of things here I'd like to clarify. Blue Threadlocker has been around for over 50 years, it's not like this is a new thing. IMO if the YouTuber took the care necessary to look at what he was installing, the rest of his adventure never happens. I'm an engineer (civil/structural) and a technical writer, but I also took the time to look at materials before installing them. They more-or-less state that the swap is simply a reversal of the adapter's installation, not mentioning or making the owner aware of what to do with the Threadlocker - I've been in touch with Apple Engineering. On the last page of the adapter's instructions are the instructions for swapping the adapter for the stand. The other side of this is fault that IMO lies with Apple. IMO, the YouTuber didn't know what he was doing here and his gripe is misplaced. For removal of fasteners with that material, Loctite recommends either shearing the fastener (yes, that's the first option) or heating the fastener to almost 500☏ to soften the Threadlocker.
When I pulled the mounting screws out of the packaging, the Threadlocker was immediately visible to me. The screws used to fasten the adapter have Blue Threadlocker on the first several threads. He's wrong about the screws being zinc - they're steel. His rant is misdirected and, if he was paying attention, he likely would have avoided his situation. I was concerned, until yesterday, when I opened the box after finishing the desk my iMP will be mounted on. I own this same combination but waited to install the adapter, which is still in the box.
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