I just reviewed the section on best practices again.
Are you guys using a gob of RTV at a point near the center of the bolt or
is
there a rubber grommet available specifically for this purpose.
My bolts had some type of rubber looking substance on some of the bolts
(not
all) but they were much worn so I removed it during cleaning.

Jay

Put a spiral of red  RTV all along the tension bolt.

This damps the vibration and prevents the bolt from
fatiguing at the root of the threads where it screws
into the front housing.

Paul Lamar


I tried to put a spiral or glob of RTV on the tension bolts, but it always
got scraped off when installing the bolt and made a huge mess without doing
any good.  It also makes it much harder to remove the bolts and clean the
passages.  Bits of cured RTV get everywhere.

I think Lynn recommends shrink wrap to dampen vibrations.  Most of mine
don't have anything.