Front Sprocket Failure

[jcthorne]

I haven't had mine apart yet, but I'm guessing the front sprocket is aluminum.
So red rust dust present on that part would indicate something made of steel is being abraded away (the splines on the drive shaft in this case).
Reason I point this out (as a question) is, the inner shaft is wearing down. Just replacing with a new sprocket won't replace that material.
But I suppose Loctite 660 is intended to fill the gaps (?).

So, stevencovert and others with red dust on the sprocket, would yours have failed if you used Loctite 660 at last install?

Sprocket is steel, not aluminum but not hardened like the shaft. The current BRP recommendation is moly spline lube, not loctite.