Had to replace a motor mount on the Fusion today. Of the fasteners that hold the mount to the body of the car, 2 of them are bolts with blue Loctite applied from the factory. I've read stories that these bolts in particular are tough to remove, and boy were those stories right! Took a lot just to get them to budge, with a loud "crack!" when they finally did. They didn't get easy to turn until about halfway out; until then I still had to wrench real hard to get them to turn.
When going to install the new mount, I applied some new Loctite blue to the fasteners, and started them all by hand. These two bolts took a LOT of fighting to get seated, from about the point where they were halfway threaded. It was almost like they were cross-threaded, but I assure you they weren't; I started the first few turns by hand. They were so hard going down that I was sure I had seated them, but nope, still a ways to go. Finally the one seated, and I knew this only because I couldn't move the mount anymore. The second bolt I also assume seated fine, but took forever. I really have no idea now much the final torque value was, since I needed an 18" breaker to get them to go back in.
These were big bolts, and I assume Loctite makes the assembly and removal process more difficult, but is this normal? Maybe the fact that it was mixed with a little rust didn't help.
When going to install the new mount, I applied some new Loctite blue to the fasteners, and started them all by hand. These two bolts took a LOT of fighting to get seated, from about the point where they were halfway threaded. It was almost like they were cross-threaded, but I assure you they weren't; I started the first few turns by hand. They were so hard going down that I was sure I had seated them, but nope, still a ways to go. Finally the one seated, and I knew this only because I couldn't move the mount anymore. The second bolt I also assume seated fine, but took forever. I really have no idea now much the final torque value was, since I needed an 18" breaker to get them to go back in.
These were big bolts, and I assume Loctite makes the assembly and removal process more difficult, but is this normal? Maybe the fact that it was mixed with a little rust didn't help.