mfoti

I noticed the manual says replace the bolts but $10 a bolt? Seems crazy. Can i clean and loctite? red or blue?

c5racr1

I have reused with blue locktite

ErnieN85

yes you can

mfoti

Awesome thanks.

timd38

I reused them and the brakes have never fallen off!

VET4LES

Same here.

sevinn

Add me to the reused with blue club.

el es tu

always

Dano523

Yes, but I chase the thread with a taping die to get all the old loctite off, then use new 242 (Blue, and on the heaver side) when putting them back on. If you don't have a tapping die to chase the threads to remove the old loctite, then hit the bolts with acetone, and break out a wire brush to remove the old loctite instead.

As for torque, 125ftlbs on the 21MM socket bolts.

Suds

Re-used with Loctite 266, also made sure the removed bolt was downstream of tire rotation, if it fell out the brake would drag not grab.

HOXXOH

I've reused several times and without locktite. It always required significant force to remove the bolts each time, so it's not like they ever loosened up at all. Maybe I'll check how much torque to loosen next time.
For reference, '08 119K miles.

el es tu

one extra note - mark all the nuts and bolts with a paint pen or wax pencil if you are worried about them backing out