Carelessness strikes again
We were driving around the wilds of Nebraska today, investigating the river that is 'a mile wide but only an inch deep'. We we heard disturbing sounds from the passenger side front wheel. Did not soun...
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agesilaus wrote:You can bet I put locktite on all components now.
I was thinking about that, I have a tube of the blue in my toolbox.
Rethink your safety plan here. Loctite is a bandaid for something else in the wrong applications. Sure it may keep an improperly torqued nut or bolt from backing out in the short term, but it will not fix the root cause ( not tight enough) and not tight enough will lead to other problems, generally, in the longer term.
What you guys are saying is akin to using Draino regularly to unclog your drain from dumping bacon grease down it. Short term solution with long term consequences.
This PSA is in hopes of preventing people from half @ssing repairs, for their own benefit and that of the next recipient of their “work.”
