Leaf Spring Swap. Retorque Everything!

[beachz]

We use them at work they seem to work fine. We also use a ton of other loctite products building seals, they will stay "fresh" and or last much longer if you can keep them in the freezer.

Cool, thanks!

 

[dkfc13]

I went with deavers and they come with new nuts and bolts, and they nuts are Stover nuts which are supposed to be a locking nut. They also have thread locker on the bolt already, but I guess it isn't enough.

The factory nuts are locknuts.

Many automotive manufacturing locations have moved away from bolts with the pre-applied loctite because the bolts often sit in a bin in storage for a long time and when they finally ship to the end customer the loctite has dried out and doesn't work. I have seen this issue cause many warranty claims for tier-1 suppliers.

I would contact Deaver (or whoever) sent you the bolts and let them know of the situation so they can discuss with their bolt supplier before it becomes a safety issue for one of their customers.

 

[Mjolnir]

after I have all my suspension and braking bits retorqued we apply yellow marking paint to them so we can see if they have moved at a glance.

after losing my left front caliper at TRR #2 I'm not chancing that again.

 

[treypal]

after I have all my suspension and braking bits retorqued we apply yellow marking paint to them so we can see if they have moved at a glance.

after losing my left front caliper at TRR #2 I'm not chancing that again.

Caliper bolts are another biggie. I've seen several come apart at TRR and in Baja. It's on my safety wire list.

 

[treypal]

I safety wired the nuts last night. It was too dark for a decent picture, but the hardest part was drilling holes through the nuts, broke way too many little harbor freight drill bits...

 

[MatMan]

Last night I was coming home from birthday dinner and I heard the caliper rattling and grinding. Sure enough it had worked its way out (or we failed to torque it properly when reinstalling them after the UCA upgrade).

I see harbor freight bits in my future, time to break out the safety wire twister.

Luckily no damage, just sorta unnerving.

 

[treypal]

Last night I was coming home from birthday dinner and I heard the caliper rattling and grinding. Sure enough it had worked its way out (or we failed to torque it properly when reinstalling them after the UCA upgrade).

I see harbor freight bits in my future, time to break out the safety wire twister.

Luckily no damage, just sorta unnerving.

I carry spare caliper bolts in my bolt bag. Mine are going to get safety wired in the next few days. I'll probably do the UCA inboard bolts as well, mine like coming loose.

 

[Jimbo]

Sounds like @treypal will be doing a lot of this at TRR for others

 

[treypal]

Sounds like @treypal will be doing a lot of this at TRR for others

LOL, I wish I had time at TRR to safety wire stuff for people.

Honestly, I've had the wire and twist pliers forever and just used it for the first time last night. I watched a youtube video and off I went. I'll take some pics, and maybe I could do a short instruction at TRR.

I think a more viable option is to have a few sets of loaner wrenches for caliper bolts, leaf spring bolts, and everything else that comes loose so people can check their own torque without having to get into their tool boxes, or search around for the proper wrenches.

 

[treypal]

Pic of safety wire job.