cribbja
Electrical
- Dec 18, 2012
- 3
Curious if anyone has experimented with using Xylan coated studs in aluminum engine blocks? Particularly as head studs?
Steel studs set into aluminum blocks are nearly always troublesome to remove after many years of use, and many times will take the aluminum threads with them on extraction.
It would seem that Xylan would help alleviate this problem. Are they perhaps "too" slick to be used? Perhaps even thread lockers aren't effective with Xylan?
TIA,
John
Steel studs set into aluminum blocks are nearly always troublesome to remove after many years of use, and many times will take the aluminum threads with them on extraction.
It would seem that Xylan would help alleviate this problem. Are they perhaps "too" slick to be used? Perhaps even thread lockers aren't effective with Xylan?
TIA,
John