Do I use blue loctite?

[ericmichael]

Just wondering if I use blue locktite on the upper a-arm ball joint stud..noticed the bolt was lose last night. Thanks!

 

[mytro]

Just wondering if I use blue locktite on the upper a-arm ball joint stud..noticed the bolt was lose last night. Thanks!

I have with no issues..

 

[shadow44]

I put blue loctite on all of my bolts in the suspension.

 

[canoehead]

I personaly would be using red. That is one component you want to make sure only comes off by mechanical means.

 

[Dimebag]

Blue loctite should definately be enough.. Red is like .. welding.

 

[RIGIDONE]

i use red

 

[RIGIDONE]

and you only need a dot of it, dont run a huge line up the whole lenght of the threads.

 

[ericmichael]

yeah..red is like a weld..need to heat it up to get it off..i'd rather not have to heat around that area

 

[bottlerocket]

IMHO blue is useless in most situations.

 

[Ironmanstl]

I use blue on everything
Never red...

 

[raginyamaha]

yea at least blue. mine backed off last night. had to borrow a nut off the lower control arm to limp her home. and put a allen wrench in ur tool kit cuz mine didnt have the wrench for the upper bolt. i think the yami tool kit is garbage, i think i may make my own kit from now on. first time ive ever had to trailside fix my sled.

 

[revster]

I used blue to put my spindles back together in the fall, and found them loose yesterday. I'm going red now.

 

[AttakDog]

Red only needs heat if the threads are perfectly clean when you use it. I put red on all the time and use no heat to remove bolts/nuts. The only time I really don't like it and use blue is on the rear suspension cross shafts as these can be a bear to get the bolts out of both sides with it. Or on really small fasteners. It's like the oil threads, millions of opinions.