Tom -
I know what you are saying, but if Niel uses loctite
on his bolts, breaking the captive nuts loose WILL be
a problem!! Just torque the bolts down every 5,000
miles or so (10 minutes of work, can do it wothout
jacking the car up)... 25-35 ft-lbs is enough!
Cheers,
Alan
'53 BN1 '64 BJ8
--- tom felts <tomfelts@earthlink.net> wrote:
> My problem has not been breaking the nuts loose, but
> stripping the threads
> in them. I suppose i have overtightened them and
> stripped the threads.
> I've had to re-thread several of them in the past.
> Not sure what the
> torque is, but it doesn't seem to be very much.
>
> Tom
>
>
>
>
> > [Original Message]
> > From: Blue One Hundred
> <international_investor@yahoo.com>
> > To: Neil McDonald <nimcdonald@shaw.ca>; Healey
> List
> <healeys@autox.team.net>
> > Date: 6/3/04 2:31:58 AM
> > Subject: Re: Loctite on Front Shock Bolts
> >
> > Neil -
> >
> > You DEFINITELY DO NOT want to use any sort of
> locktite
> > on the threads for the bolts that mount the front
> > shocks. You run the risk of breaking the body
> nuts
> > loose from the shock mount plate if you do this -
> > shocks wear out, you have to replace them, you
> have to
> > undo these bolts from time to time.
> >
> > You don't want anything stressing the body nuts
> when
> > you have to remove the shock later when you have
> to
> > replace it or rebuild the shock. If the body nut
> > breaks loose the only way to fix it is to torch
> cut
> > the old plate off, buy a new plate, and weld it in
> > (must be done by a chassis specialist, otherwise
> your
> > alignment will be off).
> >
> > If you are worried about bolts coming out, use
> some
> > good quality lock washers... otherwise you are
> better
> > off just checking the bolts once or twice a year.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Alan
> >
> > '53 BN1 '64 BJ8
> >
> > --- Neil McDonald <nimcdonald@shaw.ca> wrote:
> > > Conventional wisdom seems to be to use red
> Loctite
> > > on the front shock retaining bolts. I could not
> find
> > > red Loctite but did lay my hands on red Permatex
> > > instead. Their instructions say to use heat (to
> 450
> > > degrees F) on the bolts prior to disassembly.
> > >
> > > This seems to be impractical. Am I risking
> > > permanently locking these bolts in place if I
> use
> > > this stuff? Or is the real Loctite quite
> different?
> > >
> > > Neil McDonald
> > > BN6
> > > North Vancouver, BC
> > > Canada
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