Short Lifespan of Harbor Freight 800 watt Generators

There are a few youtube videos where self-proclaimed experts open up a brand new HF genny and show the steps to remove various components, sometimes finding some fasteners were not torqued at the factory during assembly. These folks then properly torque these fasteners and sometimes advocate thread locker such as Loctite. Most if not all advocate replacing the spark plug with a US Brand rather than the Chinese brand that it comes with.

What we don't know is whether these steps REALLY do help.