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Joined: Jul 10, 2008 Posts: 1598 Location: Galveston County, Tx.
Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2010 6:09 pm Post subject: Loctite and shocks
Sometime and a lot of miles ago I had disassembled my rear shocks on the T500 to have the springs and top 'skirtcap' re-chromed. On disassembly, I had noticed that the threads of the dampner rod had originally(original shocks) had at least a trace of some type of goop or locking compound. In a hurry to get things back together and not having anything at hand, I told myself I would apply some loctite later. I never got around to doing it....until now. Recently one of the shocks literally disassembled itself....luckily just as I came to a stop after going down a bumpy business's driveway. The decorative top skirtcap had flown just a few feet away and the spring was still barely on. I was able to get the rod to screw in a few threads without having to compress the spring a lot. I then took it apart when I got home and compressed the spring all the way with a rig I had made a long time ago and screwed the rod back into the top mount. I am about to go get some loctite and apply it to both shocks. Since vibration and up and down movement caused the rod to unscrew itself over time, which of these loctite's would be best to use?
Pre-post edit; Did a little research and found some info (the second URL, Q's and A's) I was not completely aware of or had forgotten about. For example, blind hole thread application as opposed to through thread application. I am going to go ahead and post my previous text for those who may have or might in the future make the same mistake I did. I was just a little hesitant about using the high strength formula (heat and hand tools to remove) because the 'fixed' (spun weld?) piece used to screw the rod in and out of the the top mount broke loose and just spun in place on my original dissassembly of one of the two shocks and I had to take the shock while the spring was compressed and have the turn piece spot welded to the rod in order to unscrew it from the top mount. I am going to go ahead and use the high strength loctite.
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