OEM Honda Fork Boots

[2017EX_imp]

Installed the OEM Honda fork boots yesterday. Spent the day in garage listening to my favorite CDs on the boom box, and took my time, taking a drink from my coffee cup from time to time. Is also took longer than necessary, because I was cleaning parts before putting them back on. I was surprised to find that the only bolts that had thread locker on them were the four caliper mounting bolts. Per the Shop Manual, all four caliper bots were new. As for all the other bolts, that threaded into aluminum, they all received a small amount of of anti seize. In Ferrets excellent tutorial thread on fork boot installation, johnnyj wrote in post #14 about breaking an Allen wrench trying to remove one of the axle pinch bolts. Since I did not find any thread locker on any bolts except the caliper bolts, I am wondering if that was a steel bolt seized in an aluminum hole? The Honda clamps are black, with black zinc screws. Originally I had thought to use stainless clamp screws with acorn nuts, but discovered it was not feasible to use the acorn nuts because of screw length and proximity to the lower fork bridge. Since the clamp screw thread is exposed, I like the stainless for corrosion resistance. The length of the replacement is the same as stock, cross head, M3 with .50 pitch. Very pleased with the slightly different new look.