Tightening Bolts Down with "Loctite"

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In this segment I want to outline the importance of tightening bolts, properly, in order to get it mounted up, securely to your vehicle. You can just imagine riding down the road and you've got your most valuable possession, your gigantic boat, behind you and suddenly it detaches from your vehicle and causes a huge accident. The importance of getting this tightened, securely, is real important. Ok, so I've mentioned Loctite but you may be asking "Well what is Loctite?" Loctite is a substance that's very thin, that you can put on a bolt. You can but it at any auto parts store but what its purpose is, is when you put it on the bolt and you put it in the frame and it tightens down, it almost like glues the bolt, into the frame. Not permanent but it definitely keeps the bolt from backing out on its own. Now that we have the trailer hitch mounted up and the bolts tightened, you're probably going to want to check the torque. Now if you have a high-tech torque wrench, like this, you can set the torque to the bolt. Now each bolt may be different, because there are different sizes. It should suggest it in the instructions about what to torque it to. So, you can set your torque wrench and you can check the torque on the bolts or if you don't have a torque wrench, I would suggest that you get it really tight. You probably can't get these too tight, to be honest.

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