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Well, your tidbit of information cleared up an issue for me. The book says threadlocker. My experience has always been to grab the locktite. Then I was informed that locktite was wrong. Well hell... Threadlocker and locktite were synonymous to me ......
"Threadlocker" and "Loctite" are synonymous to most people. And thats part of the problem.
When people see that, the first thing they do is reach for the Loctite. Be it red, green or blue, whatever they have handy.
One of my points here is that Loctite Threadlocker "red", or anyone else's "red" ( extreme adhesion) threadlocker, I'd think long and hard before I would apply it to a header bolt, regardless to what the manual said. Too much of a downside.
But like what has already been said, and I agree, its your car and do what you like.
Originally Posted by vlocty
Sorry I was lazy in typing my post and did not type "GM" in front of "threadlocker/anti-sieze" every time I used that phrase. I figured everyone would have recognized that was what I meant when using the term.
Well no. When you simply say "threadlocker" people generally think "Loctite".
Originally Posted by vlocty
I do recall another thread discusing a broken head bolt and the poster replied that it might have resulted from using a improper bolt tightening sequence. Maybe they discovered another reason.
In the end it is your car and money so do it however you would like.
Broken head bolt due to not tightening in the correct sequence, or broken header bolt?
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