Yo all,
I pulled off the rear brake rotor and the fasteners had red threadlock compound on them. Since I destroyed the head of one of them, I have some spares coming from eBay, where all the pictured fasteners also show red threadlock compound. Clymer says to reassemble with Loctite 242, which is blue (removable). Loctite Red 271 is "permanent."
So what's up with red compound being applied at the factory (the rotor has never been off before), but on replacement you're supposed to use blue?
Scott
I pulled off the rear brake rotor and the fasteners had red threadlock compound on them. Since I destroyed the head of one of them, I have some spares coming from eBay, where all the pictured fasteners also show red threadlock compound. Clymer says to reassemble with Loctite 242, which is blue (removable). Loctite Red 271 is "permanent."
So what's up with red compound being applied at the factory (the rotor has never been off before), but on replacement you're supposed to use blue?
Scott