Lost art? Safety Wire. Anyone use still use it?

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Edited Date/Time 10/6/2013 6:39am
Use to be on every factory racer. Just curious if anyone still uses it?
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Tim507 10/5/2013 7:31pm
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With Blue and red loctite and aircraft locking nuts it very well may be a lost art. I still have a safety wire tool and several rolls of different wire. Still use it on my grips.

Most top flight mechanics I am sure use it.
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pdub187 10/5/2013 7:41pm
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It's compulsory on brake caliper bolts in roadracing.
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Ing 10/5/2013 7:53pm
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I still use it on some of my older bikes.
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ocscottie 10/5/2013 8:28pm
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Just putting this one here because...well it might not be for "safety" but it is a wire Whistling

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RMT 10/5/2013 8:42pm
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I use it on grips and every bolt on the brake system on my micro sprint car.
Kennyfinpowers 10/5/2013 9:20pm
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ocscottie wrote:
Just putting this one here because...well it might not be for "safety" but it is a wire :whistle: [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2013/10/05/33471/s1200_s1600_082613pb029.jpg[/img]
Just putting this one here because...well it might not be for "safety" but it is a wire Whistling

Is that to monitor clutch lever usage?
xnationalwrench 10/5/2013 9:42pm
10/5/2013 9:42pm
Besides that some racing associations require it on places like brakes and drain plugs, I still use it on exhausts grips and even bolts on the bike, why because I don't want to have my bikes DNF for any reason. You could ask Cliff Lett about how he lot the CMC 125 #1 plate in one of the last Moto's he got ran into and the exhaust springs got knocked off and the pipe pulled out of the cylinder causing him to dnf.
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TJ 755 10/5/2013 10:20pm
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as a former US Navy avionics mechanic I can assure that the art is not lost. Just not super critical on dirt bikes, I mean come on, like a factory bike rear sprocket is coming loose in one moto.
Grips only for me.
As others mentioned though in SM and RR it is required.
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I forgot to use safety wire once...

Once...
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jeffro503 10/6/2013 12:22am
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I think I may of wire tied a beer bong to my head one night at a party so I wouldn't lose it.
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Adam43 10/6/2013 1:28am
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Always on the grips. Have had to use it to stitch airboxes and fenders back together after a yard sale.
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YAKMX 10/6/2013 3:13am
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Yes on my grips. And assured when we assemble 25,000+ hp turbo compressors it is used.
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Gabriel J 10/6/2013 5:05am
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I always did my grips, but never found any legit reason to safety wire anything else on my bike. I also was not racing for $$$, and if that was the case it makes all the sense in the world.

It's not particularly necessary, but I did do this on my mountain bike..Shimano supplies pre-drilled bolts and a piece of wire, so I figured why not?

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Paul333 10/6/2013 6:14am
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No way is it a lost art. For many industries Loctite will never be enough. I only use it on my grips for MX but at work we use it fairly often.
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resetjet 10/6/2013 6:39am
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If you ride ktm in the woods, and don't safety your brake pad clips, it is only a matter of time til your pads drop out and you lose your brakes.

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