10-15-2024, 06:17 AM
(10-15-2024, 01:09 AM)pekingduck_imp Wrote: Good, correct info above. There are certain single-use bolts, such as connecting rod bolts that should be replaced.
But caliper and disc bolts, like Tev says, have a locking agent applied to the threads from the factory. Honda, with it's typical overabundance of caution and fear of litigation, cannot rely on a mechanic or owner to re-apply it. I would simply apply Picture and reuse and re-torque.
Same advice here and the internet search also agreed with us.
Out of curiosity i got my torque wrench out and checked the values;
Top right bolt: 26nm to undo and 33nm to put the bolt back on it's mark and similar for the others.
the bolts were just rotated until i could feel movement and placed back on the mark so the
loctite is still servicable.
Over tightening would worry me more because the calipers are aluminum....
So replace with blue loctite is fine, something else i do is to rotate the calipers in the direction of
the brake action just before doing the bolts up, this makes sure that they are always aligned perfectly on the disks and mark the bolts with a yellow crc marker pen along with some other bolts for a quick visual check, thanks Gecko for another good question, hope we cleared this one up.