forgot to put loctite on ring gear bolts? - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

Taco30 · 02-23-2004, 01:27 AM

Hey everyone, I been finding a lot of info here and figured I'd finally register and this is my first post. I just installed a Powertrax no slip locker in the rear of my Tacoma and I was realizing today that I did not use loctite on the ring gear bolts. I did torque it very well with an impact gun though.

How detrimental is loctite on the ring gear bolts? Will it be fine or do I have to take it apart and add loctite??

Thanks!!

JeremyH · 02-23-2004, 11:01 AM

You should be fine......ideally you want loctite in there, but I dont think that they come from the factory with it on there.....

smokinjoe3 · 02-23-2004, 11:40 AM

Toyota does use their form of thread locker.. However not as strong as what Loctite makes. It's your truck, so its your call. I think you probably will be ok, but I'd hate to see you bomb your rear end...

Taco30 · 02-23-2004, 02:35 PM

hmmmmm, why did I forget !!! haha

I guess the labor and a few bucks is worth the peace of mind.

I'm thinking maybe I'll do it after a couple thousand miles to at least make a little use of the new fluid, lol.

grrrr..

thanks for the replies guys

Rycam · 02-23-2004, 05:40 PM

Torqued with an impact gun?

Taco30 · 02-23-2004, 06:21 PM

hehe, yes, I didn't have a vice handy to hold on to the diff and didn't have leverage to use a torque wrench so I used the impact gun to remove the bolts and boy they were on there very gooood! So I figured it was safe to torque them on with the impact gun.

JeremyH · 02-23-2004, 08:41 PM

Those ring gear bolts should be set at a specific torque...they are 70-90 ft-lbs for the rear axle in my jeep.....you might have them set too high. I'd pull and locktite and properly torque as soon as you get the chance.

Taco30 · 02-23-2004, 10:20 PM

I believe the it's supposed to be at 54 lbs, doesn't that sound a little low for those bolts? When I was trying to get them off, it took a lot of work with the impact gun to get them off.

I have in fact decided to take it apart and loctite the bolts tommorrow, it's just bothering too much at this point hehe.

Most recommend blue loctite, I was thinking of using red, would that be ok?

JeremyH · 02-24-2004, 08:24 AM

If you arent planning on taking them out any time soon, the red should be good.

I'd also find out what the proper torque is for those ring gear bolts...54ft-lbs sounds too low.

Taco30 · 02-25-2004, 02:19 PM

Thanks for the advice guys...

I've redone it yesterday and added red loctite

I could not find the torque specs anywhere, it's not in my Hayne's manual and nobody could tell me what it is. The only thing I read somewhere online is that it's supposed to be 54lbs but that just seemed low to me.

Anyway, I could not conveniently gain access to a vice to get proper leverage to measure the torque anyway. So again, I had to use the impact wrench being careful not to go overboard. Worst case scenario, it may be a little tighter than recommended but I definitely feel better now.