Should I use Loctite with my Spidertrax Spacers?

 

If that's what the instructions say to do, then yes, I think you should.

 

i have to agree with Redneck on this one, they wouldnt have spent time typing that into the instructions if they didnt think it was necessary

 

i would say yes but today im putting on my new wheels and tires and i am going to have to get an air wrench for sure to get off the wheel spacers and hopefully not a torch to heat it up to melt it to get them off

 

X 1000

 

I vote for using blue loctite but that's just my .02

 

Spidertrax comes with Loctite. Putting Loctite on is no excuse for not re-checking the torque. That should still be done. Loctite isn't some kind of JB Weld that melts the threads of the two pieces of hardware together. It expands in an anaerobic environment (when the threads mesh, it chases all of the oxygen out and the Loctite expands to HELP hold the two pieces together.) It comes apart just fine, chances being much, much better that it will do so when you want it to and not when it wants to.

Having once had a near death experience with a tire coming through my windshield and seeing that another fellow from here was killed last summer from that, I hope you lose everything you've ever worked for should you lose a tire because you didn't use Loctite on your aluminum spacers.

 

What seer said, the spidertrax come with locktite and say to use it, uh , why not use it? Seems like a no-brainer to me. I used it, checked torque just under reccomended torque. They have never loosened.

 

Another yes vote.

 

Why isn't this thread titled "Should I follow the instructions or not?"

2) Thread lock OEM wheel studs using Loctite 271 (LCT-271) and assemble spacer (WHS-109) to drum/rotor face using lugnuts (MLN-5340) provided. Have another person apply brakes to prevent drum/rotor from spinning. Tighten Lugnuts in a criss-cross pattern to 85-110 ft-lb [115-149 N-M].

So is someone going to start a thread that says "do I really need a torque wrench to tighten my studs to the recommended specifications or is it good enough to do it by feel?"

Not using Loctite and torquing by "feel" is probably good enough for any experienced mechanic, though I would think a good mechanic would still use both the Loctite and a torque wrench. Are the bolts guaranteed to fail if you don't? Of course not. No guarantees if you do either. It's just that the probability of failure is much less if you follow the engineered specifications. An I for one don't want to be a traffic fatality because of someone's negligence to follow the instructions!

I suppose that last sentence implies I would be perfectly willing to be a traffic fatality due to proper installation but mechanical failure?