Yea chopper I'd get some threadlock asap. Im pretty new to the sport as well and have learned very quickly that if theres a screw somewhere, it needs to have threadlock on it. Get the Blue threadlock not the Red. The red is permanent and could make you have a bad day if you need to get the screws out. and as far as tuning goes, there are some other really good threads in this forum that helped me out. Good luck to you man.