loctite on compensator
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loctite on compensator
took brothers 2012 street apart due to stripped primary drain plug and found blue loctite on compensator bolt. thought this was suppose to have red on it? anyone else ever seen this?
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The compensator bolt does not have red loctite, at least not from the factory, on any I have taken apart. The clutch hub nut on the other hand, does use red loctite. You can use red loctite on the comp bolt but if you plan to take it off again later you may have some difficulty. The blue has worked fine for me.
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Yep blue is enough if torqued correctly.
EDIT: Service Bulletin M-1170 recommends 2 drops Loctite 262 ( That's the Red stuff.)
Guess I just learned something! But mine is a 2000 and with the hot forged crank in that model, my air impact gun has probably kept things tight regardless!
EDIT: Service Bulletin M-1170 recommends 2 drops Loctite 262 ( That's the Red stuff.)
Guess I just learned something! But mine is a 2000 and with the hot forged crank in that model, my air impact gun has probably kept things tight regardless!
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Yep blue is enough if torqued correctly.
EDIT: Service Bulletin M-1170 recommends 2 drops Loctite 262 ( That's the Red stuff.)
Guess I just learned something! But mine is a 2000 and with the hot forged crank in that model, my air impact gun has probably kept things tight regardless!
EDIT: Service Bulletin M-1170 recommends 2 drops Loctite 262 ( That's the Red stuff.)
Guess I just learned something! But mine is a 2000 and with the hot forged crank in that model, my air impact gun has probably kept things tight regardless!
Quite correct.
But the Service Manual also says to put thread dope on your drain plugs even though there's an o-ring.
Neither are necessary.
I've been using blue too, sans air impact - never had one come loose until I wanted it off.