when to use loctite?
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Road Captain
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From: Pluto
when to use loctite?
changed my primary fluid and checked the chain adjustment and when I put the covers back on I torqued to spec but didn't use loctite....should I have? Also, should I use loctite when I put the passenger floorboard on?
Should I always be using loctite?
Should I always be using loctite?
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I think you should have but I wouldn't lose sleep over it. I removed and installed the right side passenger board many times without LockTite on the old one when changing oil and the nut never came loose.
I started using LockTite Blue on most fasteners over the last few years. There are two applications where I don't use it: (1) if a screw is going into plastic that I would want to remove (don't know of any on the HD) or (2) when the fastener is threaded into those flimsy spring metal clips like those for the windscreen.
I started using LockTite Blue on most fasteners over the last few years. There are two applications where I don't use it: (1) if a screw is going into plastic that I would want to remove (don't know of any on the HD) or (2) when the fastener is threaded into those flimsy spring metal clips like those for the windscreen.
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I use it on everything on the bike. That being said, I have forgotten it a few times, no big deal, if it's tight it will stay. Of course, I'm assuming it ain't no shovel or pan, with those I just dip the whole bike in loc-tite after assembly.
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yep, use it on everything. I didn't use it on my hand controls and had a bolt come loose. I doubt your primary bolts would loosen if you torqued them.
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I actually use anti-seize on the passenger footboard bolt since it has a lock washer on it. The derby cover screws get cleaned and reinstalled since so many have had problems with breaking them off. I just keep an eye on them and use the proper size torx bit (T-27). Blue on everything else except where the SM specifies red.