27-07-14, 11:48 PM
How did I end up being the bad guy here? Lew knew he had lost at least one caliper bolt but didn't know how many he should have had, but tells me I am getting personel for not agreeing that he should lockwire them. Ask your self Lew, with all your engineering background, if you had lockwired them (which even at the gruelling Manx GP is only recommended not mandatory), would you have checked that they were still wired when you got your bike back from the dealers? You say your dealer claims to have taken the the pads out without removing the calipers from the wheel. Certainly possible to do. But there is no fucking way the new pads would go in until the pistons have been reset. Use your extensive engineering background to work out how your dealer reset the pistons and why this is important to know, then ask your dealer. If your dealer admits to using a screwdriver the lever them against the brake discs, you might ask him when he will be sending you replacements for your now out-of-true discs.
VNA, you have now done a little googleing looking for reasons to not like loctite, and you found stuff that re-enforces your beliefs. Fair enough, it seems I am not going to persuade you otherwise, which is a pity because it is a handy tool in its place. Having checked the manuals, I am not using it for this application any more, nor will I be recommending it. You however, are still recommending greasing up screws that require torqueing, and that is just not clever as you have already said yourself that it will fuck up torqueing. Pretending that copper grease is not actually grease is both stupid and dangerous. Yes it has copper, and yes you were correct that this reduces the corrision to the aluminium components, but it still has more grease then copper and no, 'just nip em up' is not job done!
And as a general comment, I am sorry, but this bullshit about not everybody having a torque wrench, or them not being accurate, is just that. Bullshit. If you don't have a torque wrench, don't do jobs that need a torque wrench. It is not like they are expensive when compared to £50+ an hour plus VAT for labour.
VNA, you have now done a little googleing looking for reasons to not like loctite, and you found stuff that re-enforces your beliefs. Fair enough, it seems I am not going to persuade you otherwise, which is a pity because it is a handy tool in its place. Having checked the manuals, I am not using it for this application any more, nor will I be recommending it. You however, are still recommending greasing up screws that require torqueing, and that is just not clever as you have already said yourself that it will fuck up torqueing. Pretending that copper grease is not actually grease is both stupid and dangerous. Yes it has copper, and yes you were correct that this reduces the corrision to the aluminium components, but it still has more grease then copper and no, 'just nip em up' is not job done!
And as a general comment, I am sorry, but this bullshit about not everybody having a torque wrench, or them not being accurate, is just that. Bullshit. If you don't have a torque wrench, don't do jobs that need a torque wrench. It is not like they are expensive when compared to £50+ an hour plus VAT for labour.