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Originally Posted by Laird Scooby
The main reason for renewal is that the orignal bolts are what's known as "Patch bolts". In short, they are coated with thread locking compound that is activated when they are screwed into place.
You can clean the old compound off the old bolts and use something like Loctite 243 when refitting them.  |
Thanks Dave for that explanation which makes perfect sense. Much cheaper to put thread locker on the old bolts than buy new bolts.