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Blue loctite the triple trees/fork tube pinch bolts?

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Old 06-16-2019, 12:26 AM
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Default Blue loctite the triple trees/fork tube pinch bolts?
I don't see any mention of it in the service manual, so I'm thinking no, but what could it possibly hurt?
 
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A drop or two of blue certainly won't hurt at all
 
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It won't hurt....I have never used locktite or needed it on those bolts,
 
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blue Loctite is really pretty safe
on my shovelhead and ironhead I put it on almost everything
 
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Have used it on fork pinch bolts for years and never had a problem. Never had a pinch bolt come loose either.
 
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Have used it on fork pinch bolts for years and never had a problem. Never had a pinch bolt come loose either.
I`ve never used it, and never had a pinch bolt come loose...

The FSM doesn`t call for it, so I don`t use it.
 
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Ok Dan89FLSTC, so dont use it then.
 
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Don't. And never on service covers with gaskets. Steel in aluminum and loctite makes for a repair with a helicoil or insert next time. Done correctly, they always seem to get tighter in aluminum, .
 
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I wound up not putting any on them, mainly because I dont want to clean that crusty blue crap out of the threads next time. Thanks!
 
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Originally Posted by SixDD
I dont want to clean that crusty blue crap out of the threads next time.
Acetone will take it right off. Just don't do what I did once: I had a part that I thought was all aluminum, with loctite in the internal threads. I threw it in a bucket of acetone and the loctite disappeared, along with the nylon bushing material...
 
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