Loose allen bolts on CVs

pete wood 23 Windows of Awesome

6,828 posts · joined Jan 2004 · 19 Jul 2004, 9:08 pm

#204923

checked my cvs the other day to find all of the bolts on them loose. Any ideas what could have caused this? They were all tightened on installation with the right plates and lock washers. The only thing I can think of is that the moly grease in the threads let them work loose.

I'm happy I discovered them before they really let go...:puke

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11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 20 Jul 2004, 12:11 am

#205020

I used locktite on Mine as I thought the moly grease might let them come loose...
but then I have read in Some workshop manuals that You should grease or oil the threads of bolts to obtain the correct Torque....

My Son had trouble with his CV bolts coming loose too...
Loctite fixed that problem ....

Lee

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2,098 posts · joined Mar 2004 · 20 Jul 2004, 1:02 am

#205030

pete wood wrote:checked my cvs the other day to find all of the bolts on them loose. Any ideas what could have caused this? They were all tightened on installation with the right plates and lock washers. The only thing I can think of is that the moly grease in the threads let them work loose.

I'm happy I discovered them before they really let go...:puke

Mate this is common with standard cv bolts if you have some horsepower. You can drill the heads and wire tie then or spend heaps on racing ones with locks. 🙁

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1,036 posts · joined Jun 2004 · 21 Jul 2004, 10:57 am

#205545

Loctite rocks! just a pity it's so expensive. If you loctite them, make sure to get the right loctite for your application, because there's heaps of different types. With the awful rebuild I'm diong on my van's engine, i've been using a lot of studlock, but I think that would be a bit excessive. Threadlock might be the go.

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