Buy a can of Hi-Temp Copper Neversieze and use that on all the nuts and bolts you're going to use. I've used it for years, and those nuts and bolts won't gall. Courtney
----- Original Message ----- From: Mike Collum <collum@VERIZON.NET> Date: Saturday, April 21, 2007 5:06 am Subject: Re: Source for Stainless Exhaust Hardware? > What about the brass (bronze?) nuts we used to use on the old > aircooledbeetles? Such as these: > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=015&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=250079258939&rd=1,1 > > Mike > > > > John Reddick wrote: > > SS nuts and bolts on exhaust will still have to be cut off after > a short > > time due to galling. We did it once after 500 miles. Every > single nut and > > bolt was galled and seized. Every one. > > > > John > > Vanaru.com > > > |
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