Torque Spec: Crank S Bolt coatings

[Kneale Brownson]

My Bentley for the 200q20v:  Re installing vibration damper:  

"coat threads and contact surfaces of bolt head with anti-corrosion
compound Part No. AMV 188 000 02 or equivalent.

"torque to 350 Nm (258 ft. lb.)


At 01:09 PM 1/27/2006 -0700, Kenneth Keith wrote:
>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
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