| Tips for securing fasteners in such a way that they won't come loose.
On the Chinese made pocket bikes especially the metal is very soft so high tension on a bolt isn't the best way to secure it. If anything it only increases your chances of stripping out threads. This is no good.
If you wish for a bolt to stay in use some medium thread locking compound if you wish to ever unscrew the bolt again and then only do it up until it's really nipped up tight. Don't tighten it to death. Overtightening on small fasteners is the primary reason for them to fall back out.
If you don't want to to come out again use a high strength locking compound. These are brilliant because i've often seen heads on bolts strip out before the thread lock lets go. It's good stuff. But it can broken down easily with a little heat from a high temperature source such as a butane torch.
What do I use personally ? I use the blue medium strength Loctite all over my bike and it does the job wonderfully. Just a little goes a long way. Vital areas such as brakes and tripple clamps get the permanent RED loctite for safety.
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