S2000_916

just curious on what people do? Maybe you use the blue and not the crazy red stuff. Thanks

Tougefactory

I never needed to. Are you seat rails backing out?

S2000_916

Haven't installed it yet. Just wondering if it was needed. I guess I'll pass for now.

King Tut

I've never used it. I do however use blue Loctite on steering wheel bolts as I have been on track in a race when my steering wheel decided to start working itself loose.

Tougefactory

I second this, and I had to loctite hardtop bolts.

King Tut

I also use lock washers when I install my seats.

thomsbrain

I used loctite on my harness and seatbelt bolts but not on the rails.

DavidNJ

https://engineerdog.com/2015/01/11/1...out-fasteners/

NASA· Reference Publication 1228
March 1990
Fastener Design Manual

https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/c...9900009424.pdf

Lock washers

The typical helical spring washer shown in figure 14 is made
of slightly trapezoidal wire formed into a helix of one coil so
that the free height is approximately twice the thickness of the
washer cross section. They are usually made of hardened
carbon steel, but they are also available in aluminum, silicon,
bronze, phosphor-bronze, stainless steel, and K-Monel.
The lockwasher serves as a spring while the bolt is being
tightened. However, the washer is normally flat by the time
the bolt is fully torqued. At this time it is equivalent to a solid
flat washer, and its locking ability is nonexistent. In summary,
a lockwasher of this type is useless for locking.

freq

Makes sense.

King Tut

And yet somehow they aren't flat when you untorque the bolt. Weird how that works.