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Originally Posted by bcredliner
Micro-encapsulated bolts have Loctite or similar on them. That's why the bolts are special. I re-use them but apply blue Loctite before doing so. Calipers are subject to lots of vibration, shocks and heating and cooling cycles. I wouldn't reuse them without a new application of Loctite.
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That is not bad advice. I will add however that after remove and replace roughly 100-120 caliper bolts. 100% of the time it took more torque to remove them than the torque they were set with. E.g. I'm not concerned about adding thread lock though I certainly would not advise against it. Very good idea. Actually on a recent job where the bolts were so rusted I had to cut new faces on the bolt to remove: I added thread lock to ironically make it
easier to remove next time.
(Nexuses the thread lock fills the gap that allows water/air ingress to cause the rust lock)