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Dr. jinG

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Roseville, CA (USA)

5th Apr, 2012 at 12:07:02am

The lock tabs on the bolts in my clutch housing are pretty well stuffed. It looks like it would cost me $20 to replace them, so I'd love a cheap but good alternative. What are you using? Lock washers? LocTite? Other?

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Ben H

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5th Apr, 2012 at 06:55:43am

I use thread lock.

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Rotherham, South Yorkshire

5th Apr, 2012 at 06:56:58am

spring washes

On 11th Feb, 2015 robert said:
i tried putting soap on it , and heating it to brown , then slathered my new lube on it

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Rod S

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5th Apr, 2012 at 07:00:47am

Loctite and plain washers for me (I don't like using spring washers on aluminium surfaces, I find they tend to dig in).

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5th Apr, 2012 at 09:24:11am

Loctite and plain washers -locktabs are unreliable over time as they slowly compress and relax the pressure on the thread.
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