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 pete wood
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 posted on July 19th, 2004 at 09:08 PM |
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Loose allen bolts on CVs
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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68AutoBug
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 posted on July 20th, 2004 at 12:11 AM |
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The Old LOCTITE... Works every time... Lee
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
[Edited on 19-7-2004 by 68AutoBug]
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| posted on July 20th, 2004 at 01:02 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by pete wood
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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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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| posted on July 21st, 2004 at 10:57 AM |
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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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