Torque Spec: Crank S Bolt

[Huw Powell]

>>>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.

Ah, ok, I see...

>>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.

Yes, a real fact would come in handy about now, as opposed to my random, 
porous memory!

-- 
Huw Powell

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