Loctite on damper rod bolt?

[Royboy]

Rebuilding the forks on my 78' special today. Is it recommended to use Locktite on the damper rod retention bolt? Seems to me it would be a bummer if they were to loosen. If yes, would you use red or blue?

Thanks,

roy

 

[gggGary]

I don't, they are bad enough to remove without it. In general I'm not a locktite fan though.

 

[jayel]

blue, locks the bolt in and helps seal any leaks

 

[retiredgentleman]

I used blue on mine.

 

[5twins]

Yamaha used some sort of sealer or Locktite on them originally. I just assemble with the remnants of that stuff still on there.

 

[Ironsled77]

I just put mine back together and used "liquid teflon/pipe dope" The first time I did lowers I didnt put anything on there and left the remnants of factory stuff and had no problem for 2 years. I only took them apart again to swap lower legs.

 

[Royboy]

Thanks guys, I'm goin' with blue. I won't live long enough to need to rebuild these again! Incidentally, this has probably been done before but I found a great way to remove the seals. Just cut a 12.25" length of 1" hardwood dowel and dropped it in the lower tube then pried against that with a miniature Vaughan 5" flat bar. Seals popped right out and I never touched the edge of the lower with the little bar.

Thanks again,

roy