I would always recommend using a smidgen of petroleum jelly (or similar) on the threads of anything mating with aluminium. MW
On 7 Jan 2014, at 18:06, Lee Hart wrote: > Michael Ross wrote: >> It is necessary to have a properly sized torque wrench, the willingness to >> look up the proper torque setting for the materials involved, and a >> willingness to spend the time getting all of the bolts right. The >> alternative is you take a chance on shortening the life of an expensive >> pack, or running out of power in transit. It is a choice one makes not >> torquing well... http://bit.ly/1dsHSCw > > Good advice, Michael. Thanks for the reference! (That's a new way to look it > up.) > > It should be noted that sometimes the manufacturer's choice of materials and > recommended torque is woefully ignorant. For example, a stainless steel screw > in aluminum is a bad design choice. It's likely to be electrically bad, and > is also likely to gall and seize in time. > > -- > "Obsolete" means nothing more than "the salesmen would prefer you buy > something else." -- Dave McGuire > -- > Lee Hart -- See my Xmas projects at www.sunrise-ev.com/projects.htm > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA > (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
