hey flim flam. just to let you know, since I put the spd's on with the axels swapped there is no lock-tite in my bike whatsoever. Mackey at cycle solutions advised me against it and I haven't had any problems with loose pedals. also; I had to flip the bolts the hold my chainring to my crank, for the backs of the bolts stuck out too far and hit the rear stay. the heads don't stick out as far and clearance in that area is a real problem. but I have pretty much run a small groove in the stay from riding so it is ok now. btw my fork is not at all bent, the bike handled beautifully before the left side conversion (although it was a geared bike before that) and now it naturallly just wants to lean left. I think that my stem might have a slight lean towards the left sid, and that might explain it. but it does have a significant pull to the left side as I also have a significant lean to the right when going it no handed.