Advice on front &Rear caliphers

[VNA]

which even at the gruelling Manx GP is only recommended not mandatory

According to you, and your racing experience, racers don't lock wire brakes.  Wrong again.

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. 

Explain why they will be out of true, as you are wrong again.

VNA, you have now done a little googleing looking for reasons to not like loctite,

No I just wondered why you thought it is best practise.  No you are not the only numptie using it on brake calliper screws.  I already knew to be cautious of using it on aluminium threads, on parts that are dismantled on a regular basis, and of course as brake callipers get a good soaking, well it's gonna be copper ease for me to prevent damage from electrochemical processes.

I've never used it on a calliper mount screw and I never will. 

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!

So yup having got everything wrong, failed on every count you are still trying to maintain that you are correct. 

Read 4 again.  No it's an anti-seize compound not a grease.  Correction factors.

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.

Read 4 again.  The vast majority of the torque wrenches we have at work have no scale marked on them.  There is a range stamped on them.  Do you understand - no scale - no markings, only a range from and to value.  Get it?  Torque wrench analyser - ever heard of such a thing?

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.

:rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin That's funny as foc.  What a twat.


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