10-15-2024, 04:37 PM
Thread locker around the brakes might be "special" for high temperatures. So there's that.
IMHO: If the bolt we are talking about is for a floating caliper, it's not stretchd ot fatigued as an engine head bolt would. Just make sure the shank is clean and without marks or scratches that could hinder caliper to float, and make sure that proper thread locker is used. If we are talking about the caliper carrier bolts, the heat they receive is much less, so they don't suffer cyclic loading. But my bike has radial calipers (RS) so I don't know exaclty how the floating caliper assembly is done.
I agree with pekingduck when he mentions "Honda's typical overabundance of caution and fear of litigation". I would trust resuing those bolts, but I'd be checking periodically that they are not coming loose (just use a marker and check they don't rotate). Maybe use loctite 272, or some other high-temp threadlocker (although it might be dificult to remove in the future...)
IMHO: If the bolt we are talking about is for a floating caliper, it's not stretchd ot fatigued as an engine head bolt would. Just make sure the shank is clean and without marks or scratches that could hinder caliper to float, and make sure that proper thread locker is used. If we are talking about the caliper carrier bolts, the heat they receive is much less, so they don't suffer cyclic loading. But my bike has radial calipers (RS) so I don't know exaclty how the floating caliper assembly is done.
I agree with pekingduck when he mentions "Honda's typical overabundance of caution and fear of litigation". I would trust resuing those bolts, but I'd be checking periodically that they are not coming loose (just use a marker and check they don't rotate). Maybe use loctite 272, or some other high-temp threadlocker (although it might be dificult to remove in the future...)