PSA: I counted 47 stripped crank bolts in my scrap bin and finally admitted blue Loctite was the problem

Christopher Hill · 2026-10-01T18:10:02.869802+00:00

After 11 years of telling new guys that threadlocker was a crutch for people who don't tighten things right, I pulled my scrap bin apart last Saturday and found almost every one of those bolts was seized from blue Loctite, so now I want to know what torque spec and lube you all actually run on square taper cranks.

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