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    Quote Originally Posted by DangerousBastard View Post
    Assumption! There might be a vibration problem here. What else has been dissasembled or modified in this area?

    It is possible the loctite went off before the bolt was sufficiently tight - the main reason I do not like loctite.

    Agreed. Thats the only way to properly set any fastener, and the reason why using a higher grade bolt often doesn't work.

    I'm with mister d'marge on this one. More likely the latter due to loctite giving a false reading to the torque wrench. Be careful with loctite.

    Theres a lot more to nuts and bots than meets the eye.

    Steve

    Did not think loctite could go off as its anerobic? Need to remove air for it to set?
    DILLIGAF

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    Quote Originally Posted by chester View Post
    Did not think loctite could go off as its anerobic? Need to remove air for it to set?
    That's true of at least some grades of Loctite and it's something to watch. If for instance when using a very high strength Loctite you applied heaps to the bolt, put it in finger tight and then went for lunch the Loctite will at lest partially cure while you are eating your pie. Then, an hour later you come back and torque the bolt to 19 ft/lb the drag of the cured Loctite may well result in the bolt applying less than the appropriate amount of clamping pressure.

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