Well, weigh in everyone.
Tightened them up 3 mo ago, got an 1/8 to a 1/4 turn each last week.
probably just the gasket settling in. see if they loosen again in another few months.
Gaskets are from before my ownership of vehical.
Come on guys/gals................Any thoughts?
I would go the low strength especially in the aluminum in the ends. It shouldn't hurt. Don't go the high strength or you will probably strip the end ones on disassembly.
Okay, so far the idea is to use blue loctite on the bolts....dry torque is 15 ft lb....Hummmm...... 7 to 10 ft lbs with the loctite.
Thanks all for the help!
Lock-tite also makes a low strength locker that's purple. Since the pan bolts have virtually no stress on them, that might be a better choice especially on the ends. Since I usually put a ton of silicone sealant on the gasket, that has been sufficient to keep them from falling out.
On a related subject; I've had a b**ch of a time pulling the pan with the trans attached. How do you get those two bolts out from the rear seal? I replaced mine with socket heads & have to use a ball end wrench but that can't be how it's done the first time.
Use 1/4" wobble extension, u-joint extension or flexible extension, or some combination of all 3 to take them off.
There's really no easy way to get to them with the transmission installed.
The best thing to do, I think, is to put two studs there, that way you push the oil pan on and it's not so hard to thread a nut onto the stud as it is to get a bolt started at such a ridiculous angle.
Whatever you do, don't put locktite on those (unless you're using it to install a stud). I would rather have the 2 rear bolts fall out than try to fight a stuck bolt there.