Loctite on driveshaft bolts?

[KPT]

I took my rear driveshaft off recently and now the bolts won't stay tight. Was there loctite on them stock??

 

[jimbo74]

might have been....

it is subject to high vibration, why was it off in the first place?

 

[KPT]

Changed my clutch & slave cylinder.

I can tell when the bolts loosen cause it will vibrate really bad when starting from a dead stop.

 

[ipozestu]

It won't hurt to put it on there. When I did my it was a bear to get them to break loose. I suspected there was lock-tite on there so I put some back on.

 

[Rhett]

Put the blue loctite on those bolts and you'll be ok.

 

[Bottomlesspit]

We swapped out to aluminum driveshafts on our mustangs all the time. It was mandatory procedure to use red locktite on those bolts. You definitely don't want those coming loose!
Ken

 

[Rhett]

I would only use red loctite if you don't want to remove the bolts for a long long time if ever. Use blue loctite if you think you may want to or need to remove the bolts for some reason. I find myself needing to remove the u-joints once a year so I use blue.

 

[jgilbs]

i used lock washers and has worked great so far - and theyre still easy to remove if u need to