I wish I could give more details, but for legal reasons, I cannot. I can deal with surface finishes and such - my main concern was - rotating together two dry metal surfaces while torquing - will this ever work. Basically the threads are pushing the body down onto a sealing surface.
I am putting together a new manifold. The sealing is a metal to metal seal. The surfaces have a high finish - but I cannot get them to seal up. What I am thinking is - I are threading in a valve and the sealing is happening between a surface on the valve and a stationary surface in the...
