Caliper Bolts - was I supposed to use loctite?

[Matt Taylor]

Because I didn't. Should one use loctite on the 4 caliper bolts on a DII?

Thanks.

 

[gmookher]

I dont, but I do replace them with new ones that come with the pads, and get them farking tight

 

[flyfisher11]

Suppose to use blue but many don't.

 

[Matt Taylor]

Suppose to use blue but many don't.

So in your opinion is it worth going back in there to loctite the bolts?

 

[flyfisher11]

So in your opinion is it worth going back in there to loctite the bolts?

I would. It doesn't take long to do.

 

[rovercanus]

I do both. I loctite them so they won't come off and I use antisieze so they don't get stuck.
But that's just me.

 

[ptschram]

Blue loctite and the correct torque will go a long way to ensuring success.

The bolts are only 6 m/m, IIRC and are easy to break if overtorqued.

 

[alex]

I do both. I loctite them so they won't come off and I use antisieze so they don't get stuck.
But that's just me.

meh, that's for amateurs.. me, I get them tight as fawk so they don't back out, but leave them loose so they're easy to remove later.

 

[rovercanus]

meh, that's for amateurs.. me, I get them tight as fawk so they don't back out, but leave them loose so they're easy to remove later.

I need to do my front brakes soon. I'll try that.

 

[ptschram]

The anti-seize goes on the pads, both sides. They wear longer that way.

 

[landrovered]

Word of caution...

I didn't put locktite on my caliper bolts once and I was pulling out of the bank at slow speed and heard a god aweful scraping noise. Long story short, one of the caliper bolts had come out and the caliper had rotated and was scraping on the inside of the wheel. I had torqued the bolts properly by the way.

Guess who uses blue loctite on all caliper bolts now!