Suspension, steering, engine mounts and axles
Hello all,
I recently got back a 2003 Maxima SE that was sold a little over 3 years ago. The suspension and steering is in really bad shape so I'm gonna replace most of it. I'm reasonably sure I can replace everything myself after reading the factory manual and watching every video I can find. I see in the video's that when the bolts are removed there is some sort of adhesive...factory Loctite? But they never clean the bolt and reapply the "adhesive" when reassembling. So my question...should I clean the bolts and reapply an adhesive.? if so...what kind? https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/maxima....32a33cbd64.jpg |
What are you referring to specifically? The only hardware that you use loctite for is the inner tie rods. Everything else you can leave dry. I like to put a small dab of antiseize on outer tierod threads to make life a little easier for the alignment guy but other than that you can slap everything in right out of the box. If you have any questions on specifics feel free to ask, i just replaced every bushing and joint on my front end about a week or so ago so its all fresh in my memory. Just want to toss out one piece of friendly advice - stay away from moog, they used to have awesome stuff but their quality control is practically non existant now. |
Thank you....mainly the 4 long bolts for the lower control arm mounting.
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You can clean the screws a bit with a wire brush, just make sure not to ruin the threads. If you live in a place where they salt the roads a little ant seize or threadlocker never hurts. Use antisieze were you need to remove bolts alot, threadlocker were you don't .
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Originally Posted by Mark Z
(Post 9193525)
Thank you....mainly the 4 long bolts for the lower control arm mounting.
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I've removed and installed every suspension part on my 4th gen and 5.5 gen and never have I used adhesive, loctite or grease unless its required like upgrading brakes to Brembo calipers with custom brackets that I used loctite.
Everything else as Slamrod said make sure its torqued correctly. I usually give it a few ugga duggas with my breaker bar, but I've recently invested in a Milwaukee Impact Wrench and I must say it does work wonders lol |
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