Originally Posted by Runewolf1973

I have a question about that.... I am going to assume you put the Red locktite on the threads when you initially install the spacers, but that stuff has a cure time after which it is supposed to dry really hard. How are you supposed to retorque the bolts when they have cured Locktite on them? Even if you were able to torque the bolts more, the Locktite has it's own specific breakaway torque rating, so wouldn't that extra torque after 100kms just break the bond of the Locktite anyways, defeating the purpose? Maybe this is just a dumb question, but just trying to understand how this would work. It just seems to me that the Locktite is designed for something that requires a permanent bond with no further movement, rather than something that needs to be retorqued.

Originally Posted by knight1000

I was wondering this also. So if you find one to be loose and need retorque, should you reapply Locktite?

Originally Posted by Runewolf1973

I would assume you can't just reapply it unless you take the nut off completely and clean the threads of all the old stuff, then re-apply it...but then you'ld have to retorque that nut after so many km's anyways, thereby breaking the Locktite bond yet again. My guess is that if you apply Locktite initially, it should prevent any loosening to begin with, so any retorque (theoretically) should be unnecessary and may even be counter-productive to the product's intended purpose. Maybe I'm just over-thinking this....sorry.

Maybe the Locktite company/manufacturer would have some advice about this?

Originally Posted by Langhorne

Has everyone been able to get the vehicle inspected with no problems with spacers on? They wouldn't do it here so I put them out of my mind. Already have a short list of other things I need to undo before I bring it in so was not looking to add to the list.