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Use anti-seize?
- Thread starter xjstock++
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dgrigorenko
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Big Rapids MI
i slap the stuff on everything pretty much... except for lug nuts and taper connections ( ball joints/rod ends).
blazinjames
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- Location
- Vancouver BC, Canada
I agree with that
Gaius
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- Location
- Beaverton, OR
I don't really use it anymore. I'm always tinkering though, and we don't have to worry about major rust up here. If they don't salt the roads there I wouldn't worry about it. You'll get higher torque values out of non-lubricated bolts.
Ogrebonz
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- Location
- Williamsburg, Michigan
Wait.. Why not lugnuts? What have I been doing wrong for years?
- Location
- Central Maine
If i didn't put them on lugnuts I'd never get them off
Keekleberrys
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- Location
- Issaquah
ive always been told its a bad idea because of its effects on torque values.
- Location
- Columbus, In
Use it on every bolt unless you're using loctite on it.
jbmoose
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Alburtis, PA
x2 Unless it gets red or blue, anti-seize it is. rust belt wheeling
Built2Flex
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- Location
- d
Except for lug nuts? Hmmm..never heard that before. Actually I've never "not" used it.
- Location
- Hammertown, USA
I put blue locktite on almost every bolt these days. The ones that don't get it, get antisieze.
Especially lug nuts.
Especially lug nuts.
Talyn
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Radford, Communistwealth of Virginia
Antiseize will change the torque values. But for lugnuts the torque vales aren't that critical for antiseize to make a difference. Just stay in the middle of the range.
RadioShackSpecial
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Michigan
Have a bottle of Napa Anti-Seize and it states one should use factory torque spec's. No change in torque value.
Not according to Permatex: http://www.permatex.com/documents/tds/Automotive/09975.pdf .
clean4drxj
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- CT.
its good on a number of things, just dont use it on tapers or splines!
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- Location
- Southern Maryland
I generally don't use antiseize on bolts that are protected from the weather (inside the cab or engine, for example), or if they need loctite or RTV. But if the bolt is exposed to outside weather and doesn't need to be glued up, it should get a small coating.
old_man
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Loveland, Colorado
Here in Colorado, I never used anti-seize until they started putting mag chloride on the roads. The days of having a rust free vehicle in Colorado are over.
WB9YZU
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Madison, WI
They lie. Any thread lubricant can, and will affect how much resistance is seen at the torque wrench. Since the reason why torque values are specified is to set a specific value of stretch on a fastener, you can overstretch the bolt if you don't take into account the fact you lubricated the threads. I use ant-sieze sparingly, and never apply it to threads (anymore). I've learned that lesson the hard way. For example: When doing springs, I anti-seize the bolt shank only.
Why not splines? I do on my outboard, just wipe it down so there's a thin coating.
