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Are you serious? Or am I missing something here? As far as I know lubricating the threads with any sort of lubricant will make it go loose eventually. After all, when you need to loosen a bolt you spry it with WD-40. I’ve read that when I torque a lubricated bolt I should decrease the torque by 30% but I always went to great pains to clean and dry bolts before using them.
Also thanks for the SS tip. I was just about to replace my Jeep’s winch mounting bolts with stainless steel ones since they showed signs of rust. I guess I will galvanize the old ones instead.
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Too right I'm serious. I would never screw a stainless fastener in to aluminium without some sort of grease due to a type of corrosion forming. Try it if you don't believe me.
Part of any vehicles servicing includes checking that bolts are tight - this is too ensure that they're not working loose. I'm also a great fan of Nyloc nuts.
As I said, I lube everything, the lube depends on the application. I don't suffer seized bolts & I don't have parts falling off or stripped threads.
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