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Tourer
Joined: May 2010
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From: near Chitcago
Thanks for the reassurement. I didn't think I was at fault for not mentioning loctite. The guy is experienced enough to know. I know with this crazy warm weather, he's swamped. Maybe he had 'em on for mock-up and got distracted, but still. I'd say I've put on maybe 100 miles since I got the bike back and there are only two bolts remaining...and they're so loose there was a 3/16" gap between the pulley and the hub by the time I got home. He's going to be eating it on this job...especially if the threads in the hub are questionable. I don't know what to say about the swing arm. It's pretty rashed up on the inside from the bolts banging it up. I don't want to be a little bitch, but my bike was mint before I took it in.
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From: Big Bear City, CA
Man, most of us here aren't even mechanics. Yet most of us know the importance of using loctite on pulley & rotor bolts. I'm sure he does too, and he just forgot. Which clearly puts him at fault.
Hopefully he'll man-up and accept responsibility amicably. If he don't, he's a real dirt-bag
Wishing you the best.
Road Warrior
Joined: Nov 2011
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From: North Carolina
There would have been no need to buy new factory replacement bolts which may or may not come with the loc patch already on the bolt. Even using aftermarket bolts it's simply a matter of applying loc-tite.
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From: Utah
I don't recall how many miles you had on the install, but loctite doesn't make any difference quickly. It saves you over time. New bolts (old torqued bolts stretch) torqued properly should hold for quite some time... even on a HD shake and bake.
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Road Warrior
Joined: Nov 2011
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From: North Carolina
I'm thinking the mechanic didn't even go back and torque, let alone tighten the bolts. Simply forgot or whatever because even without loctite, even if not torqued, but tightened to a grown and a little extra, the bolts would have held longer than just the miles ridden on the install.