Should I grease a quill stem?

[Wayne Menzie]

I have a 3T aluminum stem that had a seized expander cone.
After going a few rounds with it and using the collected
knowledge of RBT posts I was able to remove it without
damaging anything. Now I want to reinstall it and I need to
decide between using Phil Wood grease and some automotive
anti-seize compound. Anybody have a compelling reason to
choose one over the other?

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Wayne Menzie

[Werehatrack]

On Sun, 11 Jul 2004 15:33:56 GMT, Wayne Menzie <waynemenzie@yahoo.com>
wrote:

>I have a 3T aluminum stem that had a seized expander cone.
>After going a few rounds with it and using the collected
>knowledge of RBT posts I was able to remove it without
>damaging anything. Now I want to reinstall it and I need to
>decide between using Phil Wood grease and some automotive
>anti-seize compound. Anybody have a compelling reason to
>choose one over the other?

Anti-sieze is formulated to keep metal parts from siezing
together, lubricant is formulated to allow parts in motion
to slide across each other with minimal wear and friction.
Does this give you a clue?

By the way, my personal preference is to use the anti-sieze
only on the wedge, and I use it on *every* surface of the
wedge that comes into contact with something; quill, steer
tube, and bolt threads. My less-than-classically-correct-by-some-
standards riding style causes me to pull up hard on the bars
at times, and I've noticed that if I get carried away with
the anti-sieze, the quill can work its way up out of the
steer tube, albeit slowly.

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[Tim McNamara]

Wayne Menzie <waynemenzie@yahoo.com> writes:

> I have a 3T aluminum stem that had a seized expander cone.
> After going a few rounds with it and using the collected
> knowledge of RBT posts I was able to remove it without
> damaging anything. Now I want to reinstall it and I need
> to decide between using Phil Wood grease and some
> automotive anti-seize compound. Anybody have a compelling
> reason to choose one over the other?

Grease is cheaper. Any bearing grease will do.

[Alex Rodriguez]

In article <Xns95237503FA67B8675309OU812@204.127.199.17>,
waynemenzie@yahoo.com says...
>
>
>I have a 3T aluminum stem that had a seized expander cone.
>After going a few rounds with it and using the collected
>knowledge of RBT posts I was able to remove it without
>damaging anything. Now I want to reinstall it and I need to
>decide between using Phil Wood grease and some automotive
>anti-seize compound. Anybody have a compelling reason to
>choose one over the other?

I'd use regular car wheel bearing waterproof grease. The
reason I would use this type of grease is because it is
cheaper than the stuff you mention and works well for this
type of use.
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Alex