lockwiring

[Agemax]

apart from race bikes, or road legal track bikes, does anyone lockwire any bolts/nuts on their frames or engine purely for a safety point on a road going bike?

[tkent02]

Haven't needed to on a GS, nothing ever seems to come loose.
Thumpers, yep, everything gets the lock tite.

[RHODESIA SMITH]

I do a lock wire lock my sump plug and oil filler cap. Once had a mate whos sump plug fell out ( caused loads of fun for us following behind him !)and same bloke lost his oil filler cap in the middle of nowhere. it is a pain but it I work mostly on trucks and have seen that almost everything is lockwired locked on the older models. and what damage can be done if not lock wired. I have seen that loctite is not always used and lockwiring has a more conscience effect and you tend to just do it as it so easily seen if not done.

[GregT]

Lockwiring manual camchain tensioners would be a must do for me

[sharpy]

Was thinking about doing everything but it would look too anal. But there are some trick bolts out there (alloy/ss steel and Tit) that would suit. F.Y.I. 4 Titanium bolts for the front calipers are $62 here.

[Katarat]

Dont use lock tite on aluminum

[tkent02]

Dont use lock tite on aluminum

Why ?

[GregT]

Dont use lock tite on aluminum

Because - specifically on the GS motors in this case - the threads which are used are really too fine for the application, 6mm x 1mm pitch for example. If loctite or similar compound is used then when the screw is removed the thread comes out with it way too frequently.
Possibly it's made worse by the diecast alloy being somewhat porous also.

More than once I've had to helicoil full sets of cam bearing retaining screw threads where it was only too obvious loctite had been used.

[tkent02]

Been locktiting everything on my thumpers and two strokes for decades, with never a problem. Perhaps over torquing has something to do with it? Maybe it's corrosion in your threads?

[hampshirehog]

Loctite blue won't strip anything. If you use that green stuff that turns to glass though you're asking for trouble - that's why it is tagged 'permanent'!

[Agemax]

Haven't needed to on a GS, nothing ever seems to come loose.
Thumpers, yep, everything gets the lock tite.

i asked about lockwire, not loctite

[tkent02]

OK, lock wire no, locktite sometimes. I might start using wire on the oil drain plug, I like that idea.

[Agemax]

OK, lock wire no, locktite sometimes. I might start using wire on the oil drain plug, I like that idea.

its a good failsafe on a lot of fixtures, only problem is when you come to sell it people automatically assume it has been used as a race bike, puts a lot of them off

[tkent02]

I'd just tell them I'm an airplane mechanic, I like safety wire. They will either believe it or they will not.

What's your technique for drilling the lock wire holes in the bolts and nuts?

[Agemax]

[QUOTE=tkent02;1437601]I'd just tell them I'm an airplane mechanic, I like safety wire. They will either believe it or they will not.

What's your technique for drilling the lock wire holes in the bolts and nuts?[QUOTE]
i generally use a drill, oh, and a drill bit