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Old 01-25-2008, 12:42 PM
Johnt49 Johnt49 is offline
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Originally Posted by imagesinthewind View Post
One last thing though, I hand tightened this until I couldn't tighten anymore, then we
put the car down. Should there or Is there a way to keep the bolt from loosening again in the future? Is there a set screw to keep the bolt from vibrating loose that I should be looking for? Should I take a small wrench and tighten down a bit more? Or is it fine the way it is?
You could back it out a couple turns, clean the threads with some brake clean and a tooth brush, then apply a drop of Loctite and re adjust it. Should hold after that.
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