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Originally Posted by BC40
I wonder about the use of red locktite for this application. The red locktite is supposed to be permanent. If the aluminum seats did wallow out due to bad machining of the cone or whatever, the nut would stay in place on the stud. That would give a false torque as it would appear the fasteners were tight when they were not. To continue to function as a thread lock, each nut would have to be removed, thread cleaned, and the locktite would need to be re-applied prior to retorquing.
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Yikes! And that is why the advise is worth exactly what was paid for it. Thanks for the heads up. Changed in the post. I had meant the medium removable strength grade...which is blue.
"Blue Removable - Used for things you may want to unscrew with minimal hassle. It cures into a brittle, glassy bond that takes one good twist to break, but removes cleanly after that."
Yes, any time you take off the spacers it would require cleaning the studs, and reapplication. Good point on the other issues.
All what I posted is meant for the bolt on style spacers. I am even more leery of running spacers that do not bolt on, as my understanding is an additional sheer point is created on the wheel stud.
hth's
gb