Loctite for wheel hub replacement

[Rolly]

About to undertake a replacement of swivel ball, and hub seals. Manual refers the use of appropriate locking compound.
Am I on the right track if I use Loctite 270 for those bolts not to be undone in the near future and Loctite 242 for those bolts I expect to remove as part of usual servicing?
Also I see the Loctite 270 can be released by heating the bolt to 300C, will this alter the strength of the bolt?

Cheers

[ian4002000]

I found Loctite 243 recently and i find it is great to use and i believe it can handle a surface that may have be slightly oily. It can be undone inside 24 hours reasonably easily but after 24 hours much harder to undo.
I would use it for everything but on critical parts use a torque wrench. Over torqueing bolts and nuts is the main cause of many problems with fasteners.

A 50 ml bottle is much easier to use and less waste than 10 ml bottles.

Ian
Bittern

[Blknight.aus]

About to undertake a replacement of swivel ball, and hub seals. Manual refers the use of appropriate locking compound.
Am I on the right track if I use Loctite 270 for those bolts not to be undone in the near future and Loctite 242 for those bolts I expect to remove as part of usual servicing?
Also I see the Loctite 270 can be released by heating the bolt to 300C, will this alter the strength of the bolt?

Cheers

243 for normal strength bolts (blue, red if you get the permatex version)
263 for a higher locking strength or heat exposure (red, blue if you get the permatex version)
I use 270 on the nut end of studs that need to have 263 on the non accessible side. but ive never used it on a landy.
680 to mount bearings that want to spin
#4 for gaskets
515 for some flanges and gaskets

[rick130]

I found Loctite 243 recently and i find it is great to use and i believe it can handle a surface that may have be slightly oily. It can be undone inside 24 hours reasonably easily but after 24 hours much harder to undo.
I would use it for everything but on critical parts use a torque wrench. Over torqueing bolts and nuts is the main cause of many problems with fasteners.

A 50 ml bottle is much easier to use and less waste than 10 ml bottles.

Ian
BitternYou need perfectly clean surfaces for best results with Loctite, brake cleaner is your friend.

[AK83]

Also note that depends what you buy(in terms of parts/bolts) they may already have a locking compound on them.

eg. if you buy a bearing kit it'll probably come with all manner of bits including new bolts. The bolts will most likely have thread lock compound already on them.