Anti-Sieze?

I have a question on anti-sieze. To-date I have only used it on non-structural fasteners (intake manifold nuts/ bolts, exhaust manifold nuts, water pump nuts and bolts, spark plug threads). OK, I take that back, I have used it on caliper bracket bolts. But what about suspension fasteners? Anti-roll bar bracket and end-link fasteners seem like they would be OK to use anti-sieze on. However, I wonder about strut bolts/nuts, top mount nuts, suspension linkage bolts/nuts. Is it safe to use anti-sieze on them or am I taking a big risk of having a critical fastener work its way loose? I ask because I am putting the suspension back together on my FC RX-7 and I don't want to go back through the same pain down the road when I need to take something apart again.

I use it on just about everything, Ohio salt is rough on fasteners.

Use it where a bushing sleeve is likely to rust to the bolt, but try to avoid getting too much on the clamping area. The next guy will thank you.

If you've got a fastener, and you both:

A. Don't want it to rust up, and

B. Don't want it going off on it's own

There is but one answer:

One of my ex-coworkers used to call it Anti-Seige.

Yeah pretty much. Every fastener that I have ever removed that had normal Loctite on it came out nice and clean.

If a fastener is relying on thread friction to hold it in place, it's gonna come loose. Use it on everything - just keep in mind that you'll reach the correct bolt stretch at a lower torque due to the lubrication.

And yeah, Loctite will work too. But it won't keep a bolt from rusting to a suspension bushing. It'll only work on the actual threads.

I very rarely use anything on a fastener except a little oil, and never, ever have anything come loose.

Anti seize is my bestest buddy. But only the copper base, the silver crap sold at PepVanceZone is useless. Bostik makes a stainless based version that's silver, it's the only silver colored one worth a tinker's damn.

Marine Grade. Non metallic

Thanks for the tips everyone!

-Ray

I had always wondered if locktite would keep the bolts from rusting to the nuts

Maroon92 wrote: One of my ex-coworkers used to call it Anti-Seige.

Lumpy Mike, an old co-worker called it No-Size (???)

he also called a groundhog a dirt pig... he was not joking either

My wrenching philosophy is that in general, everything gets loctite or neverseize. I recently finished off a can of genuine Never Seize ("If you want to take it apart with ease, ...") that I got on a ship in the 80's. I guess that makes it Marine Grade. My new can is the copper stuff from NAPA.

I keep the lead screw in my vice lubricated with anti-seize. There are very few things in my garage that haven't been touched with that stuff.

MG Bryan wrote: I keep the lead screw in my vice lubricated with anti-seize. There are very few things in my garage that haven't been touched with that stuff.

Mine, too.

But that's merely because once you touch it, that E36 M3 gets on EVERYTHING.

92CelicaHalfTrac wrote:

MG Bryan wrote: I keep the lead screw in my vice lubricated with anti-seize. There are very few things in my garage that haven't been touched with that stuff.

Mine, too. But that's merely because once you touch it, that E36 M3 gets on EVERYTHING.

It stained the paint on my Miata. That made me like it more.

92CelicaHalfTrac wrote:

MG Bryan wrote: I keep the lead screw in my vice lubricated with anti-seize. There are very few things in my garage that haven't been touched with that stuff.

Mine, too. But that's merely because once you touch it, that E36 M3 gets on EVERYTHING.

Motor oil takes it off. But then you have motor oil on everything, too.

I only ever use anti-seize on spark plug threads. Guess I'm weird for not using it everywhere.

I put a little in each tank of gas. Keeps the engine from locking up.

I use it on my brake pads for the same reason. I call it "ABS in a tube".

Twin_Cam wrote: I only ever use anti-seize on spark plug threads. Guess I'm weird for not using it everywhere.

I only use it on O2 sensors. After reading this thread I was thinking I was the odd man out.

Thank you oh temperate climate of the pacific northwest.

I have a brand new can of anti seize, but I can't get the lid off.

Keith wrote: I use it on my brake pads for the same reason. I call it "ABS in a tube".

Who cares about stopping when the brakes are quiet?

we use food grade anti seize (and pipe dope, grease etc) at work, ain't worth a E36 M3