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Threadlocker works great on the front shock bolts, but I've not had
much success with it on the rear shock bolts. Here's my theory why:<br>
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When you apply threadlocker to a bolt it effectively glues it to a
nut. On the front shock plates, where the nuts are captive, this
approach works, but on the rears gluing the bolt to the nut doesn't
do much good (except let/require the bolt and nut to rotate as an
assembly). I don't care for split lockwashers myself, but in this
application they seem to work better than threadlocker (putting some
sort of friction material between the shock and the mount makes
sense, too).<br>
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Bob<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/4/2016 4:36 PM, Richard Ewald
wrote:<br>
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<div>Under most conditions a properly torqued bolt won't come
loose unless exposed to extreme vibration. Books I have read on
race car prep are very down on split lock washers as the authors
feel that the bolt has too loosen before the lock washer digs
in. They much prefer using Loctite, new locking nuts or if that
is not adequate drilled and safety wired hardware. </div>
<div id="AppleMailSignature">Personally I think if you are going
to go with lock washers go full Brit style. Bolt, lock washer,
flat washer, bracket, shock, bracket, flat washer, lock washer,
nut. </div>
<div id="AppleMailSignature">If you use Loctite the surfaces must
be absolutely clean. No grease, no rust, no crud built up in the
threads. Use a new nut and bolt if possible. Spray the bolt and
nut with brake clean just before assembly to make sure
everything is clean. Do not use red Loctite, use blue. When
properly applied red will tear the threads off a grade 8 bolt
(I've done it!). That's a little more staying power than you
need. </div>
<div id="AppleMailSignature">Rick</div>
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