Steering falling off? Has this been covered?

[Voader - Oudersopzwier]

After reading on this forum about lose bolts and/or locker nuts who where on the wrong side. I found this.

 

[Dokatd]

After reading on this forum about lose bolts and/or locker nuts who where on the wrong side. I found this.

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Yep, that's how mine were. Among other loose or improperly installed components.

 

[Greasemonkey]

I know it's not a proper threadlocker, but because we have a lot of salt on the roads here in Germany during the winter, I sprayed all these bolts with underbody sealant shortly after taking delivery of the INEOS. You do get your hands dirty working on these parts, but it prevents corrosion on the threads and also ensures that water can't get into crevices and damage the threads.

Plus, you notice immediately if a nut comes loose.

If this keeps up, we'll soon have to do a "pre-drive check" before every trip.

 

[TCMColorado]

I use torque marking compound on all steering and suspension bolts/joints. This makes it very easy to do a quick glance and determine if something has come loose. If I am only driving on paved roads then the check is done once a month. If on a trip in the back country the check is done daily.

 

[BradS1]

I use torque marking compound on all steering and suspension bolts/joints. This makes it very easy to do a quick glance and determine if something has come loose. If I am only driving on paved roads then the check is done once a month. If on a trip in the back country the check is done daily.

I check my stuff too, but this really shouldn't be a thing. After having it all dealer fixed... and maybe 300 more miles on the car (I don't drive it much) I noticed the tie-rod end backing off again... which in time will have the big jam nut on the track bar moving around. The dealer marked torque with pens... I went ahead and added a small blob of blue loctite then cranked everything back down. I highly doubt it moves again but good grief.

 

[TCMColorado]

I check my stuff too, but this really shouldn't be a thing. After having it all dealer fixed... and maybe 300 more miles on the car (I don't drive it much) I noticed the tie-rod end backing off again... which in time will have the big jam nut on the track bar moving around. The dealer marked torque with pens... I went ahead and added a small blob of blue loctite then cranked everything back down. I highly doubt it moves again but good grief.

If it came loose again that is on the dealer tech for not doing his job. This should not happen but I have zero trust in dealer techs to not fudge shit up. If the nuts are fully torqued to spec Loctite is not needed. But ask any tech, if they are honest they will admit to rarely using torque wrenches.