Which thread locker you guys using on cam gear bolts or is it needed?

I always use blue loctite.

Red for me.

Blue for me. But I have only stock, or slightly warmed over, engines.

I have always used blue, but seen others using red. Thought i would post it up here to see. I never had anything come loose using blue. Thanks

RED

But then again I use red on transmission pan bolts, converter bolts, axle studs, and my breakfast cereal too. Lol 😂

what does it make your cereal taste like ? does it make you "CooCoo for CocoPuffs" ?

It’s kinda bland on cereal but when it drips off a converter bolt right into your mouth it makes you kinda tite-lipped.

I use red until I broke off one bolt on a 3 bolt cam trying to change the ILC,
I use blue now

Have used BLUE in the past, but now I picked up some ORANGE and used on my oil pan studs (hated the thought of these things backing out on me with the engine already installed in the car).

So I'm actually contemplating using ORANGE for the cam bolt now.

Also, speaking of using thread-lock (not meaning to hijack the thread '@mopar dave'): are you guys using anything on the oil pump pickup-to-pump body?

I haven't used anything before, but now it feels like I should...???

You want to be sure it doesn't come apart on its own. What is the torque spec on those bolts? Gonna see what i can get done tomorrow. I need to get cam button installed and set up for clearance(what claerance do you guys like between button and cover?) Need to check piston/valve clearance and map cam lobes as well. Would be nice to get all the new springs installed too, but i doubt i get that far.

How about safety wire? Seems to be popular on aircraft parts...

On cam end play have .015 to maybe .030, any more than that look at the oil pump drive gear real closely
My 1969 FSM calls for 35 Ft lbs. on the 3 bolt cam bolts in the Hemi motors That is what i use on all my 3/8 cam bolts

the cam rotates clockwise which trys to tighten those bolts , not loosen them

My experience. Never had trouble getting anything apart with red. A little propane heat if if its really stuck. My Will wood rotor were safety wired to the hubs. They were also supposed to be attached with Locktite red. These had been in use for years. On the hoist one day my son bumped the tire causing it to rotate just slightly. I noticed the rotor lagged behind. This hub did not have locktite. It was only safety wired. The bolts and wire had stretched slightly. The wire kept the bolts from falling out. But it did not keep them from coming loose. All bolts were torqued during assembly. New bolts, locktite and safety wire now.
Doug

Red loctite here.

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The new and improved Blue

Or is it the new and improved Red

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