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Ted Bennett
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Mark wrote:
> Ted, Grease is certainly NOT a satisfactory substitue for
> an anti-seize compound. Being a mechanic by trade for 30+
> years, I've seen other guys use regular grease to coat
> threads on bolts, etc., and seen these same bolts snap, or
> strip whatever they were threaded into further on down the
> road. (Especially with dissimilar metals)
>
> You might think grease is better than nothing, but in most
> case gives absolutely no improvement vs nothing at all.
> Read up on this.
>
> Really, does it pay to cheap out for a $3 tube of Anti-
> seize? As mentioned before too, constantly changing out
> Pedals over, and over isn't a good idea either. Mark
>
> Ted Bennett wrote
> > There's no need for anti-seize here, as ordinary grease
> > will do the job just as well, is cheaper and is already
> > wherever bikes are worked on.
Anti-seize may indeed be useful in fixed joints, but a pedal-
crank joint is not fixed. Red iron oxide rouge is commonly
found there in the case of steel pedal spindles, indicating
the movement. There has been a lot of discussion of this,
and other faults of this joint.
I'll stand by my statement. Grease in a moving joint will do
the job just as well as anti-seize, as demonstrated by the
lack of pedals that seize into cranks. The far more common
problem is fretting of the surface of the aluminum crank,
leading to cracks around the threaded eye.
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Ted Bennett Portland OR
> Ted, Grease is certainly NOT a satisfactory substitue for
> an anti-seize compound. Being a mechanic by trade for 30+
> years, I've seen other guys use regular grease to coat
> threads on bolts, etc., and seen these same bolts snap, or
> strip whatever they were threaded into further on down the
> road. (Especially with dissimilar metals)
>
> You might think grease is better than nothing, but in most
> case gives absolutely no improvement vs nothing at all.
> Read up on this.
>
> Really, does it pay to cheap out for a $3 tube of Anti-
> seize? As mentioned before too, constantly changing out
> Pedals over, and over isn't a good idea either. Mark
>
> Ted Bennett wrote
> > There's no need for anti-seize here, as ordinary grease
> > will do the job just as well, is cheaper and is already
> > wherever bikes are worked on.
Anti-seize may indeed be useful in fixed joints, but a pedal-
crank joint is not fixed. Red iron oxide rouge is commonly
found there in the case of steel pedal spindles, indicating
the movement. There has been a lot of discussion of this,
and other faults of this joint.
I'll stand by my statement. Grease in a moving joint will do
the job just as well as anti-seize, as demonstrated by the
lack of pedals that seize into cranks. The far more common
problem is fretting of the surface of the aluminum crank,
leading to cracks around the threaded eye.
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Ted Bennett Portland OR