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Thread lock | 9 | 34.62% | |
Copper grease | 13 | 50.00% | |
Both! | 0 | 0% | |
Neither... | 3 | 11.54% | |
I am, in a very real way, keithd | 1 | 3.85% | |
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15-02-08, 07:42 AM | #1 |
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Caliper mounting bolts - Threadlock or Coppaslip?
First of all let me thank everyone who has ever contributed anything useful to a thread on brakes - caliper servicing, seized piston removal, bleeding, anything - I read them all and needed to! Also about one PM away from going on Northy's banned list, so a special mention there
Anyway, just two short weeks after I started on my binding front brakes (I made every mistake ever heard of and invented a couple of new ones) I am ready to remount the caliper and sign off, when I run headlong into this wobbler... Haynes - Apply a suitable non-permanent thread locking compound to the caliper bolts Bike magazine - Apply copper grease to the threads of the caliper bolts You're having a laugh! Which is it peeps? Thanks for your vote. And think yourself lucky you're not coming on the Ecosse rideout this Sunday or you'd have to hear the whole sorry tale Last edited by Tiger 55; 15-02-08 at 09:41 AM. Reason: spilling mastake |
15-02-08, 08:43 AM | #2 |
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Re: Caliper mouting bolts - Threadlock or Coppaslip?
for a road bike I would thread lock them, for a racer I would copper grease and lock wire.
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15-02-08, 05:00 PM | #3 |
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Re: Caliper mouting bolts - Threadlock or Coppaslip?
As of 5 o'clock it's 4-2 for thread lock. Good enough for me!
(Unless the 2 for coppaslip were Spannerman and Sid Squid of course...) |
15-02-08, 05:02 PM | #4 |
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Re: Caliper mouting bolts - Threadlock or Coppaslip?
Thread lok
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15-02-08, 05:02 PM | #5 |
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Re: Caliper mouting bolts - Threadlock or Coppaslip?
Threadlock unless there's an alternative locking method such as tab washers, lockwire etc.
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15-02-08, 05:38 PM | #6 |
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Re: Caliper mouting bolts - Threadlock or Coppaslip?
Non peminent thread lock---and----THE CORRECT TORQUE.
Remember these are screwing into alloy casings and it is so easy to strip them by overtightening |
15-02-08, 05:44 PM | #7 |
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Re: Caliper mouting bolts - Threadlock or Coppaslip?
They coppaslip them at every reputable bike dealers I know, and I do the same. Just make sure they're torqued correctly.
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15-02-08, 06:50 PM | #8 |
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Re: Caliper mouting bolts - Threadlock or Coppaslip?
I hardly threadlock anything, but then parts tend not to stay on the bike long enough to rattle loose
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15-02-08, 07:04 PM | #9 |
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Re: Caliper mouting bolts - Threadlock or Coppaslip?
Copperslip.
I use titanium bolts and these came supplied with the CS. Never had a problem with them coming loose. *Touches head* |
15-02-08, 07:43 PM | #10 |
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Re: Caliper mouting bolts - Threadlock or Coppaslip?
Nothing.
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