ti anti sieze grease required for ti bolts on alloy stem?

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nrsnow
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by nrsnow on Fri Oct 05, 2012 4:03 pm

Is ti anti sieze grease required for ti bolts on alloy?
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ricorob
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by ricorob on Fri Oct 05, 2012 6:52 pm

no grease, just dry threads and never had a problem in 12 years
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Steve Curtis
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by Steve Curtis on Fri Oct 05, 2012 8:29 pm

For stem bolts I dont bother but if its a larger Ti bolt under high torque into alloy then I do.

galvanic corrosion can set in effectively welding the surfaces together. Don't worry, this is only an issue with bottom brackets which stay put for many months/ years.
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kingkongsfinger
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by kingkongsfinger on Sat Oct 06, 2012 5:22 pm

My Ti rotor bolts galvanically welded themselves into my hubs, I used copperslip.

Cant get one of the bolts out. :oops:
"I could have done this job myself in five minutes, but as things turned out I had to spend two days trying to find out why it had taken someone else three weeks to do it wrong."
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sfer1
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by sfer1 on Sat Oct 06, 2012 10:42 pm

nrsnow wrote:Is ti anti sieze grease required for ti bolts on alloy?

Yes, it is. Ignore the people trying to save a couple of bucks by doing things incorrectly.
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by Willpower on Mon Oct 08, 2012 6:12 pm

Yes it is required and not just on the threads, particular attention should be given to the underside of the bolt head where it mates against the alloy surface.
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by miceden on Tue Oct 09, 2012 12:44 pm

Definitely yes... alu and ti together can also result in creaking, the anti sieze/slip will stop that.
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