Re: stainless steel brake bleeder screws

[Linus Toy <linust@mindspring.com>]

At 15:12 6/13/98 -0400, Huw Powell wrote:
>> I don't know if you want this...unless your caliper is also made of
>> stainless steel, you will likely experience even more corrosion from the
>> dissimilar metals.
>
>No you won't.  This is a common myth peretuated by mechanics who don't
>want to put S/S hardware on a customer's car.  Got S/S all over my car
>(& truck exhaust!), doesn't corrode.  That's the point.

true, stainless steel does not corrode as fast as conventional hi-carbon
steel.  however, the point at which the stainless and another metal meet is
more susceptible to corrosion in the presence of an electrolyte (i.e. road
salt, sulfides, etc), with the "lesser" metal deterioating faster.

Also, "stainless" steel WILL corrode, rust or stain if not maintained--go
check out a rarely used boat in a saltwater marina sometime--for a "better"
example, ask the engineers who spec'd the stainless steel fire fighting
standpipes on several Washington State Ferries.
--ldt