Torque Spec: Crank S Bolt

[Kenneth Keith]

On 1/27/06, Huw Powell <audi at humanspeakers.com> wrote:
>
>quoting Kenneth Keith:
> >
> > I don't think it's "loctite" so much as it is "anti-seize", isn't it?
> > Loctite probably serves the same purpose if it isn't too strong.
>
> Hmmm, no.  Anti-seize is that nasty silver or copper colored stuff that
> gets all over everything and *stops* things from "locking" together, and
> also acts to prevent corrosion, a bit.

Yes, and I believe that is what the Bentley/factory says we should
use.  It's not a threadlocker, but rather what you are describing. 
That's what I'm saying.

> The stuff we are using here is designed to stop vibrating fasteners from
> slowly undoing on their own.  Which this bolt is highly unlikely to do,
> anyway.

I agree that that is what threadlockers do, and that the bolt is
unlikely to need a threadlocker and therefore that's why they actually
recommend anti-seize type stuff and not a threadlocker.  Granted, I
don't think it's called "anti-seize", but I believe the part number or
some description of it calls it something closer to "anti-seize" than
"anti-loose".

I could be wrong of course, but that's my recollection of the
Bentley's instructions and prior online discussions about it.  Perhaps
someone with one handy (I'm at work) can find what I'm talking about.

Ken