use blue or meduim red is NOT required

 

As Doc VTwin said, I wouldn't sweat it. If you ever need to get it off, heat is all you'll need. I've had to heat up more Jeep & truck parts than I'd care to admit, for the same reason.

 

Good luck, and you will need some heat. I have the original duece sissy pad hanging on my garge wall and the little nut that was crimped to the plastic spins in the pad. The original owner had used blue on everthing. I ended up drilling the button head off. I do not use loctite for this or the seat bolt.

 

Rule of thumb w/LockTite:
-- Red = permanent (secure/items you won't be removing)
-- Blue = secure (items you may want to remove someday)
-- Anti-Sieze = protection (bolts you want to prevent from locking/rusting)

 

How bout green loctite muhahaha try some of that. Just kidding don't try it

 

Yes, stay away from the green loctite!!!

 

Green used to be "wicking" you could actually put it on and it would wick into the threads.

Now you have to be real careful. Colors don't mean diddly anymore.

And this list is a couple of years old.

Loctite

 

It's not superglue, it'll still come off with application of some heat. If you ever have to remove them, I suggest poking the tip of the biggest soldering iron you can find into the center of each torx, and then crank them off one by one. It should be easy.



Ordinarily, that would be the way to go. But the OP has a Night Train, which has the black wrinkle strut covers. The hot air blast will level the wrinkle surface surrounding the bolt head.

 

And the loctite debate continues................................LOL. It's true the color doesn't necessarily mean anything, the only reason they are colored differently is because there are so many types (many more than the typical red & blue ) that it makes it easier for the consumer to tell which one is what they want. There are several different blues and reds also. The typical auto parts store red isn't going to give too many fits coming off, but it's still better to stick with blue in most cases. The stuff is just a plastic that hardens when exposed to metal. I've read posts that suggest you need it to maintain torque not to resist vibration, But it's not a weld so I don't see how it could work that way. We ride Harleys, not watches, Harleys vibrate!

 

It actual hardens from the absents of air. Hence a grade for a loose fitting sleeves or fine and coarse threads with the same call out for retention and the fact that the bottles are only 1/3 full. These grades are not at your average auto parts stores.