We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. When installing fasteners such as nuts and bolts, it may not be enough just to tighten them. Sometimes hardware can inadvertently become ...

Thread-locking compounds made by Loctite, Permatex and other companies all work pretty much the same: they are anaerobic compounds that cure/harden in the absence of oxygen. If you apply ...

The various nuts and bolts that hold mechanical projects together are susceptible to spontaneous loosening, no matter how tightly you ratchet them down. This is because subtle vibrations from external ...

I ran into a problem while doing a top-end rebuild of the stock 350 Chevy small-block in my 1974 El Camino. I discovered while trying to reinstall a new factory-style balancer bolt and -inch-thick ...