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2018 Street Glide FLHX - My inner fairing bolt either fell out or the dealer forgot to put it back in during the 30k service (noticed it missing shortly after that).
I have the replacement screw but dont know if putting Blue on it is a good idea or what the torque settings might be.
Can anyone help a fella out? LOL
I use Blue 243 Loctite on many fasteners on my bikes.... doesn't hurt.... however....
Whenever I disassemble anything, I always use a thread chaser to clean the bolts and bolt holes. I get rid of all the old, dried threadlocker to ensure clean threads and thus proper torque during reassembly...
Having said that, it's been awhile since I took my fairing off, and I can't remember what that missing bolt screws into... If it is secured into plastic threads or uses a spring clip fastener, I don't use any threadlocker...
Last edited by hattitude; Oct 18, 2021 at 09:01 AM.
yea I've never used locktite on those screws.......snug downed works well........dont want the inner plug to get too much pull on it and it spins in there!
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Torque or blue Loctite?
