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Anti-Seize

Rick Richard said:
Yeah, I understand and should have been a bit more concise. They recommend NOTHING on the threads. They said any stuff added to the threads collects carbon residue and etc.
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I'd be interested to read the exact verbiage. Sounds like a great way to spend many hours trying to get stuff apart. Once I started being liberal with anti seize I stopped having problems. You don't get carbon infiltrating mated threads. You do get it welding the outside surface of dry threads together.
 
ATH said:
I'd be interested to read the exact verbiage. Sounds like a great way to spend many hours trying to get stuff apart. Once I started being liberal with anti seize I stopped having problems. You don't get carbon infiltrating mated threads. You do get it welding the outside surface of dry threads together.
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Rick Richard said:
Yeah, I understand and should have been a bit more concise. They recommend NOTHING on the threads. They said any stuff added to the threads collects carbon residue and etc.
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Yes, I always use anti seize, one every threaded part. And every time I take them apart, I clean them off, and remove carbon, and anti seize 'em back up before assembly.
 
ATH said:
I'd be interested to read the exact verbiage. Sounds like a great way to spend many hours trying to get stuff apart. Once I started being liberal with anti seize I stopped having problems. You don't get carbon infiltrating mated threads. You do get it welding the outside surface of dry threads together.
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Call them. See if you get the same answer as I did.
 
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You definitely run the risk of galling/cold welding with completely dry threads. I would never take the risk, especially if the threads are tight (might not even be able to fully assemble them before they cold weld). It's a serious issue with stainless threads

Tons of products out there that have already been mentioned that will work well. For light use almost any of them will work, otherwise find one with higher rated heat resistance if you'll be running long strings of fire, such as an AR15.
 

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