R3SL Posted June 26, 2012 Posted June 26, 2012 Beware of loctite, it is stuff made for people who can't assemble stuff properly or for use on stuff that wasn't designed properly in the fist place... Loctite is designed for people who do not want to do regular bike maintenance but bitch when something go's wrong. Dustbin Dog and RexFuzzle 2
Pieterg Posted June 26, 2012 Posted June 26, 2012 I had a LX crank arm that did the same till I used a bit of Loctite
Dustbin Dog Posted June 27, 2012 Posted June 27, 2012 Assemble to original manufactures specification (without loctite) and it will not come loose.
Azonic Posted June 27, 2012 Posted June 27, 2012 Assemble to original manufactures specification (without loctite) and it will not come loose. **** happens. My brand new XT cranks came loose after the shop torqued everything correctly. They had to put some thread lock in there to keep them on.
RexFuzzle Posted June 27, 2012 Posted June 27, 2012 Why?If you get it wrong or under certain conditions it works too well and it is nearly impossible to get the bolt out. Especially bad if it gets old and hard- then it works more like glue. It is also very dependant on how much you put on and most people put waaaay too much and the bold won't leave the hole again, except on the end of a drill...
Andro Posted June 27, 2012 Posted June 27, 2012 Can any body tell me if this is normal. while riding on Sunday, doing about 30km per hour in head wind my whole crank-arm comes off and i had to get someone to pick me up. So is this something that happens or was it the mechanic that put the groupset on about 3 months ago. Thanks. ..maybe you pedal to hard...
Snaily5 Posted June 27, 2012 Author Posted June 27, 2012 ..maybe you pedal to hard... Â I would love it if that were the case but its not lol. think the mechanic did a nonsense job, because last night when i took another look one of the allen key bolt was broken off on the inside so westdene cycles is going to have to get the bolt out there somehow
'Dale Posted June 27, 2012 Posted June 27, 2012   I would love it if that were the case but its not lol. think the mechanic did a nonsense job, because last night when i took another look one of the allen key bolt was broken off on the inside so westdene cycles is going to have to get the bolt out there somehow  Eish!
Andro Posted June 28, 2012 Posted June 28, 2012 I would love it if that were the case but its not lol. think the mechanic did a nonsense job, because last night when i took another look one of the allen key bolt was broken off on the inside so westdene cycles is going to have to get the bolt out there somehow  Just said that as a joke... Lotta monkeys out there working on stuff....
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