voldigicam wrote on 07/12/09 at 02:56:12:I was taught, correctly or not, that torque figures were for perfect oiled threads and that never seize compounds were close enough to oil to substitute. I'd love that confirmed!
Doesn't take much. Machines drowning in never seize are less fun.
Like most of my equipment, I figure my bike will come apart and go back together beautifully by the time I get rid of it!!!
FWIW....
I've got my Savage (see signature) torn apart right now and recently spent way too much time online researching the torque reduction I should be using for the particular type of anti-seize I'm using,
Permatex Anti-Seize.
As you can imagine, there are many variables, methodologies, and engineering "fudge factors" involved. I even got sucked into a long, involved discussion (with some awesome links to source data, BTW) on a BMW motorcycle forum (those guys take anality to a level never approached on this board).
Bottom line,
for my flavor of anti-seize (it makes a difference, BTW), if the spec calls for dry threads, I use 80% of the torque spec. If there is a range of dry-thread torques specified in the spec, I take the the minimum torque specified or 80% of the maximum torque specified, whichever is
lowest.