evidently you are talking the small hex head bolts that screw into the guide pins ( 86 and later front brakes on vanagons ) . fwiw, I'll bet you 5 million of those little bolts have been used over. You could lock tite them with either color of lock tite in my opinion.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Troy" <colorworks@GCI.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 4:33 PM Subject: Front brake pads
> I'm going to tackle my front brake pads this weekend, and noticed in the > Bentley (46.5 A.) it says that new self locking bolts must be used when > re-fastening brake caliper housing. I spoke with bus depot and it sounded > to me like new bolts with locktite on them is what they sell for $6.00 a > bolt. Is there any reason I just can't use more Loctite on the existing > bolt or does it need to be replaced? I assume that I want to use the blue > stuff, not red. > > Any other tips for front pads? After tackling the rear drum brakes, I > figure this will be a breeze. I'm going to replace both front hoses as > well. > > 89 Westy > > Troy |
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