[Mgs] Brake calipers

[Paul Hunt]

I doubt it's that either.  Elsewhere on MGBs of this era one is told to 
clean old threadlock off removed bolts immediately or put them in a bath of 
3M Solvent No. 2, trichloroethylene, petrol or paraffin before cleaning 
otherwise the old sealant will air-harden which will affect torqueing up and 
also subsequent removal when reusing the bolts.  It's difficult to escape 
the conclusion from this, the statement that very specific bolts must be 
used, the very tight tolerance for torqueing of 35.5 to 37 ft lb, and no 
mention of thread sealant, that the bolts are indeed one-use.  Reuse at your 
own risk.

PaulH.

----- Original Message ----- 
> It's because the bolts have a touch of thread lock stuff on the threads 
> which is supposed to be single use only.  You can just as well reassemble 
> the original bolts with a touch of Loctite.