Rear shock MTB need to use thread-locker compound?
#1
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Rear shock MTB need to use thread-locker compound?
I taken apart MTB with rear shock and putting it back together now, am i supposed to use blue thread-locking compound anywhere e.g. on the bolts holding the shock itself or the bottom bolts holding plastic bushings around which rear tail pivots?
Asking because i see left over blue thread-locking compound on the shock bolts and also some kind of solid residue that looks like thread locker on one side of lower mount.
Asking because i see left over blue thread-locking compound on the shock bolts and also some kind of solid residue that looks like thread locker on one side of lower mount.
#2
Junior Member
As a general rule of thumb, if a manufacturer has put threadlocker on a bolt then yes it needs threadlock. Clean off the old stuff as best as you can, make sure it's nice and clean and reapply the appropriate strength threadlock.
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