Loose cleats

[Garry Booth]

I just got a pair of smart (and expensive) leather touring shoes that use SPD cleats. The shoes are lovely and comfortable - but the cleats start to come loose after about 30 miles. I have tightened them. Same thing happens. I have applied loctite and that didn't keep them tight either. What else can I do?

[Trigger]

If you've got another pair of SPD shoes try swapping over the plates that the cleat bolts attach via.

[phil1965]

i always use thread lock....

[Valbrona]

Are the ends of the fixing screws bottoming out against the sole of the shoe? Some cleats are/were supllied with two sets of fixing bolts - long and short.

[PW]

I usually have the opposite problem. No matter how much oil, grease/molyslip etc I put on the bolts, they always seize in and have to be drilled out with a left threaded bit. The most recent set have been copper greased but I'm not optimistic.

[Garry Booth]

Thanks people for your interesting input. I have tried thread lock with no success. I have tried using the bolts off my old shoes. Next step I guess is swapping the plates over as well. But, would you know it, the cleat on one of my old shoes is tuck fast!

[Garry Booth]

Maybe I am being completely dumb: do you have to cut out a section on the sole, as I did with my Shimanos? These are QP shoes and came with no instructions.