Originally Posted by
operator
Either way, if you can give me one reason why grease is superior to loctite in this situation i'll stop using it.
I don't grease them either. I remove the bolts to let me clean the pulleys and the insides of the cage plates, then lube and reassemble the pulleys and replace the bolts dry. Loctite isn't a bad idea, it's just that I've never had any of these bolts come loose so I've never been forced to use it.