That's contrary to my experience. I've had many SS nuts and bolts gall upon
removal that did not gall upon application. However, it has not recurred since
I started using anti-seize compound.
Kim N5OP
"People that make music together cannot be enemies, at least as long as the
music lasts." -- Paul Hindemith
> On May 8, 2014, at 20:44, Steve Maki <lists@oakcom.org> wrote:
>
> Even the most inadequate lubricant (WD40), when it comes to the subject of SS
> galling, is by my calculations and experience, exactly 99.4% better than none
> at all.
>
> I've never had SS hardware gall during the loosening process if it was
> *truly* successfully tightened without any galling. And even WD40
> accomplishes that.
>
> -Steve K8LX
>
>> On 5/8/2014 6:18 PM, Patrick Greenlee wrote:
>>
>> Oil, WD-40 etc may let you assemble SS nuts and bolts without galling
>> (maybe) but much later when these options are long gone from the threads
>> you may very much regret not using a good anti-seize which will outlast
>> silicon spray, WD-40, etc. by a great margin.
>
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