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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Grit dog wrote:
I had Another one of those moments A few years ago. Only hand tighted one of the Oil drain plugs on my bike Apparently? Only logical explanation) Lost the plug and the oil and fortunately only cold seized the piston at about 12,000 rpms. Got lucky, didn’t hurt the top end or rotating assembly at all.
By the above method, I would loctite a steel drain plug into an aluminum case, on a bolt that requires frequent and regular removal??
See where this is going? and don’t be a gomer with the loctite!
For caliper bolts, I don't see where it could hurt that much, at least in my case, Florida doesn't have winter. I really think the cause of mine was the tires were so out of round, that it just vibrated loose.
