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Old 02-12-2015, 06:23 PM   #5
san rensho
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Originally Posted by NewArt View Post
I was under the impression that the greenish coating acted similar to a loctite.
If it is loctite, then it would still have some lubricating properties during installation. So if thats the case,then i guess the oiling the threads wont affect the corect torque value, but i should use a thread locker instead of oil, as gelbster suggests.

Im probably overthinking this. Guess i have too much time on my hands.
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