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That link for syntace is nothing todo with bolt torque or thread locking compounds
Never ever put that assembly paste stuff on a thread
Read the bit at the bottom, orangeboy
Can open... Worms everywhere...
I grease those bolts and nip them up by hand without a torque wrench. They've never come loose in all the time I've had HT-2 cranks, so maybe 4 or 5 years. You'll be fine without threadlock or superglue. The only things I'd threadlock on a bike would be the fasteners holding the suspension pivots together.
Ex bike mechanic FWIW, and 15 years designing equipment for the oil industry 😉
i wipe all the bolts i use on my cock before fitting and as he is such a big fella i can wipe loads of bolts up and down his huge size. You should try that, but your cock won't be as big as mine.
i find the feathers get in to the threads really well.
So doing everything up so it's just short of 'stripped' on my torque wrench is a bad idea?
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Should I be aiming for Real Tight in future?
Just do it up until it strips, then back it off quarter of a turn. Job done 🙂
+1 Stop just short of stripped is perfect 😀
(I need to find who makes that grease as it is very good).
Err... Shimano. It is good, not cheap, but I've had a tube for a couple of years! Comes in a workshop tub if you go through lots. About £50 though.
There's a lot of people on this thread claiming to e engineers, but how many are [i]proper[/i] engineers with their own parking space ? That's what I want to know.
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I notice the sign saying 'Software' immediately above has been removed.
It did say "light" on the removed sign, but due to events yesterday he's been downgraded.
[i]It did say "light" on the removed sign, but due to events yesterday he's been downgraded. [/i]
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"MTG - Prince of Darkness"
In what alternative reality would a Software engineer get their own parking place?
[i]Yes, you will die. Even loctite won't prevent that.[/i]
Precisely, so perhaps its not an issue of whether the OP will die.
But rather, who will be to blame ?
Thread lock is only useful if you haven't torque your bolts up properly.
I'm definitely dropping that into an email to the Head of Clanky Engineering today.
Speshpaul - Member
In what alternative reality would a Software engineer get their own parking place?
One I hope to never visit *shudders*
The way this post is degrading, thread lock is likely to happen shortly..... 😆
Grammar engineer to this thread please...
Oh sorry !.
I follow a strict routine when replacing bolts that ensures consistent tightening of threaded fasteners.
I wipe the offending article on my shorts, maybe add a bit of spit to penetrate the filth, dip it in a pot of contaminated grease, swirl the grease over the thread with a finger then tighten back up until my knuckles turn from red to a little bit white, or until the allen hole has rounded off so no more torque can be applied.
Opps teach me read the whole page
Just use half the number of bolts and twice the torque, saves it coming undone...
Do it up however you like, if it falls out use threadlock next time?*
*may not be the safest approach, but is realistic 😉
Wookie Spaff. accept no substitutes.
Opps teach me read the whole page
[i]Wookie Spaff[/i]
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For gods sake - just man-up and tighten the damn bolts! - Your fist is the ultimate torqe wrench - just watch out for them darn Fox 36 pinch bolts. Safe torque for these is tighten 3 turns then back off 4 - remove - throw in the bin and buy something else.
Nick - Bronze Swimming Certificate