Anti Seize Assembly Grease

meego · Oct 8, 2021

What do you use ??
I have used Copaslip for years, but stopped using it anywhere near aluminium a while ago. As a lot of a LR is aluminium, and modern car running/suspension/brakes etc, this got me thinking what’s best to use. I have all sorts of grease and compounds now and just got some of this. But it got me thinking the reverse now. Should I be using a compound grease with aluminium content on steel bolts etc

v8250 · Oct 8, 2021

Copperslip and Jenolite are equally good. Here, I often use ceramic grease in either tube or spray form. Real advantage with ceramic grease is its superb adhesion qualities...the grease is acting a thread lubricant but also a barrier between steel bolts and the alloy body. In theory any good quality barrier between the body and steel is effective, even boggo' lithium grease.

lynall · Oct 8, 2021

I stopped uing copaslip years ago dirty messy crap.
Where I used to work the iveco calipars that kept seizing up was eventually traced to the lads using copaslip.
Where I now work copaslip has been banned for use on truck wheels/studs as they reckon it causes corrosion, not sure how?
I now use a similiar alloy assembly pasts to the ops when I can be bothered to dig it out, it is also messy but much easier to clean off than copaslip, but in the main I just use ordinary grease for pretty much everything.

meego · Oct 8, 2021

lynall said:
I stopped uing copaslip years ago dirty messy crap.
Where I used to work the iveco calipars that kept seizing up was eventually traced to the lads using copaslip.
Where I now work copaslip has been banned for use on truck wheels/studs as they reckon it causes corrosion, not sure how?
I now use a similiar alloy assembly pasts to the ops when I can be bothered to dig it out, it is also messy but much easier to clean off than copaslip, but in the main I just use ordinary grease for pretty much everything.

I stopped using Copaslip in callipers and now use a white high temp brake grease.

lynall · Oct 8, 2021

meego said:
I stopped using Copaslip in callipers and now use a white high temp brake grease.

We tired some fancy high temp whte gresase for the trailer brakes years ago, it certainly helped assembly, but when you stripped them down there was never any evidence that you had used any grease at all.
All the trucks drum and discs go together dry, only bit that is greased is the sliders, one sealed other open to the elements, terrible design, but still way better than the old drum set ups!

yfo866 · Oct 9, 2021

Use it between the hub faces but not on the stud/nut threads. I've never had a nut/stud seize but many times had to hammer the rim of the wheel to remove a wheel, especially alloys. I girl i knew once had a puncture on her 2.8 Capri and the monkey removing it had to resort to a sledge hammer to get it off! It would probably have been fine if he'd placed a piece of wood on the rim and hit that but he didn't so removed the wheel after removing a chunk of wheel rim!

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