I guess I will really show my ignorance, all four of the hex bolts appeared to have back off some??? I snugged them back up but didn't use locktite. I thought I would stop on the way home and purchase a torque wrench and back them out, locktite, and re-torque.

Do bushing wear out if you tighten them up three or four times? I didn't know if they could flatten out or not.

I am all ears if you have any additional suggestions.

 

Replace the standard nuts with nylok nuts. Tighten them down. They won't loosen.

 

forget the tin fix that hoakey locktight or rubber would be your best bet like dr twin said set screws are the way to go

 

what did u end up doin?

 

I ended up backing all four screws out, two had lock nuts two didn't. I replaced all four screws with lock nuts and loctite and retorqued. I guess time will tell.

 

so you did what you should of done in the first place (cheeze)

 

I'm not sure what's going on here. I haven't used any lock washers or lok-tite on the top clamps bolts and they have never come loose unless I loosen them.

Maybe I'm wrong but there are some things I follow torque spec and some I don't. The top clamp bolts fit into the latter category. I tighten them as much as I can and have never had a problem.