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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Old-Raptor-guy" data-source="post: 2055057" data-attributes="member: 52062">There are two different red loctite formulas.  One is high strength,  the other is high HEAT.  Use the loctite it came with.  As someone who does about a dozen or more brake jobs a week caliper mounting bolt work loose a lot.  We find missing caliper bolts a couple times a month.  And a caliper missing both bolts being held on by just the wheel (rubbing on the inside of the barrel) 2 - 3 times a year.Also, even if it is the high strength formlua a good impact will remove the bolt without heat.  The holding power of the loctite is determined somewhat by the diameter of the bolt.  With smaller bolts needing heat purely because the holding power of the loctite can be greater the shear force required to snap the bolt off.  The caliper bolts are rather large and OEM torque spec on the bolts that hold the caliper bracket on is 184 lbft, with loctite.</blockquote>