Torque Values

Stainless Steel Washers

When applicable, always use our 304 stainless steel washers with the screws:

• Help spread the load over a larger area
• Hold the parts together better
• Keep your frame from getting damaged from repeated tightening/loosening of the screws

Titanium Hardware

Our titanium screw offers the following advantages over our stock steel button head cap screw:

• The hexagon is deeper and manufactured to a closer tolerance
• Lighter
• Aesthetically pleasing
• Can be torqued 10% more than our steel bolts                       

If your inserts are slipping, please verify the following:

1) That your frame components and inserts are made by Paragon Machine Works 

• You can email us a photo of your dropout/insert and we can verify this if you are unsure
• We cannot guarantee compatibility with products that are not made by us

2) That the contact surfaces between the frame components and inserts are free of contaminants such as paint, dirt, grease, etc.

• There must be metal to metal contact ONLY

If you have verified the above and your inserts are still slipping, then we recommend:

• Upgrading to titanium screws
• Applying Loctite® Threadlocker Blue 242 (medium strength) to the screw threads