I was about to bolt my rear driveshaft back in but forgot about threadlocker. I only have blue "medium strength" stuff here. Should I hold off until I buy some red stuff tomorrow?
Which threadlocker for driveshaft bolts?
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None will be fine, been working at a ford dealer for 25 years. Never seen one come loose.
I have never used any on a drive shaft.
One or two weeks in the weather and it'll thread lock itself.
Wow, everywhere I've read said the bolts only need to be torqued to 16 ft-lbs, BUT threadlocker was required.
I use blue on most everything that needs it. Gives me the warm fuzzies
If you have u-bolt type yoke, don't over tighten and ruin the caps on the u-joint.
As said before, proper torque, done.
As said before, proper torque, done.
It doesn't have a u-bolt type yoke. There are flat flanges on the transfer case and rear axle, and flat flange ends on both ends of the driveshaft. There are four pretty good size bolts that hold them together.
Loctite blue.
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For some reason Ford was using red OEM on the driveshafts and half shafts some years ago like the late 90's early 2000's.
These used the 12mm head 12 point bolts. I asked the driveshaft service that did the balancing and they said yep just a drop of red, don't cover the whole bolt threads with it.
I don't know the reason, may be they work loose who knows. I never used it before on these kinds of bolts.
These used the 12mm head 12 point bolts. I asked the driveshaft service that did the balancing and they said yep just a drop of red, don't cover the whole bolt threads with it.
I don't know the reason, may be they work loose who knows. I never used it before on these kinds of bolts.
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