JEFFRO503
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Joined: 3/26/2003
From: St Helens,
OR, USA
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ORIGINAL: clone3
NO DISRESPECT BUT THE BLUE IS NOT STRONG ENOUGH FOR THOSE BOLTS. AFTER USING THE BLUE AND LOOSING THREE BOLTS ( 2 DURING QUAL/1 DURING THE MAIN).
I WOULD STILL BE USING THE BLUE BUT AFTER THE THIRD BREAK DURING THE AMAIN I CAME OFF THE DRIVERS STAND AND RUSHED TO MY PIT TABLE. A FACTORY DRIVER CAME OVER AND ASKED WHAT HAPPENED---I TOLD HIM THAT I LOST ONE OF THE KNUCKLE BOLTS FOR THE 3 TIME---I GAVE HIM A FUNNY LOOK WHEN HE ASKED ME IF I PUT THREAD LOCK ON THEM---(THAT WAS LIKE SOMEONE ASKING ME IF I PUT A GLOW PLUG IN THE MOTOR.I TOLD HIM THAT I ALWAYS USED THREAD LOCK AND SHOWED HIM THE BOTTLE. HE RAN OVER TO HIS PIT AREA AND CAME BACK WITH A BOTTLE OF RED THREAD LOCK AND SAID" WE NEVER USE THE BLUE ON THE FRONT KNUCKLE BOLTS, IT'S NOT STRONG ENOUGH. USE THE RED." SO I USED THE RED AND HAVE HAD NO PROBLEMS TO DATE WITH THE KNUCKLE BOLTS...
AGAIN---**********IMPORTANT NOTE*********
DO NOT USE THE BLUE THREAD LOCK ON THE FRONT KNUCKLE BOLTS.---USE THE RED THREAD LOCK.
THANKS AND GOOD LUCK
Clone3...if your going to use "RED" thread lock on everything , you are asking for trouble. the red is for a PERMANENT LOCK! You might get lucky and break some stuff lose once or twice , but after that , your going to start stripping threads and snapping bolts off. There is NO REASON to use red threadlock. If you are using the blue threadlock correctly , you should not have anything coming loose. What i mean by correctly , is use carb cleaner or something to that affect to completely clean the two surface's you are threadlocking before you apply it. I use blue threadlock on the front knuckle bolt and HAVE NEVER had one come loose...EVER! Like i stated before.the RED is for a PERMANENT ATTACHMENT , and if you plan on taking your buggy apart after the races or a good day of practice , your asking for trouble.
BTW......Even if it was a "pro" who told you this..HE'S WRONG! I run my buggy at practices with pro's all the time up here in the northwest , and NONE of them use red threadlock on anything. They aren't having anything else come loose on them either. I personally beleive that was some really bad advise , and he he was a super fast pro to begin with , he probably gets his parts for free and doesn't have to pay for anything. That's my .02 cents worth.
JEFFRO503
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