Dick Dastardly
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Can copper grease be safely used instead of ordinary grease for such items as axle rods ? 
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Copper grease uses
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Mouse
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If you're just using it as a general lubricant to ease assembly and stop rust, then it's probably OK. It's not really suitable for use on actual moving parts, bearings etc.
dave wilcock
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use copper grease on everything its great. it makes my job easier especially removing spindles.
Yes, that's its intended use as an anti-seize compound.Dick Dastardly said:Can copper grease be safely used instead of ordinary grease for such items as axle rods ?
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axles - as in wheel spindles - yes
axles as in car wheel bearings - NO !
its designed for static or very slow moving parts only.
use WD-40 to thin it down if you constantly need to fit and remove something that may gall . F1 wheelnuts spring to mid
axles as in car wheel bearings - NO !
its designed for static or very slow moving parts only.
use WD-40 to thin it down if you constantly need to fit and remove something that may gall . F1 wheelnuts spring to mid
What about using it on bolt threads that are very close to a heat source?
I removed the rocker covers yesterday to check the valve clearences. While doing so, I sheared one of the small M6x15mm cap head screws that hold the cylinder head guards on. When putting it all back together again I coated the threads with loads of Copper slip but then wondered... because the head guard bolts all screw into the head, will the heat turn the copper grease into Araldite?
I removed the rocker covers yesterday to check the valve clearences. While doing so, I sheared one of the small M6x15mm cap head screws that hold the cylinder head guards on. When putting it all back together again I coated the threads with loads of Copper slip but then wondered... because the head guard bolts all screw into the head, will the heat turn the copper grease into Araldite?
Mouse
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Not in my experience. The grease will melt away probably but it's the particles of metallic copper that act as a lubricant and they'll stay on the threads.
Yoda
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Agreed. It's "standard" practice to use copper grease on those big finned exhaust header nuts on airheads. I undo mine annually, clean up, re apply copper grease and assemble.
Being exhaust components those babies get pretty hot.
Being exhaust components those babies get pretty hot.
(RIP) Bin Ridin
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I would be careful using this stuff on anything that needs to stay tight - don't overdo it. LM grease or white waterproof grease is my choice.
I remember a mate whose boat trailer wheel fell off - molyslip stops friction including the friction that stops the wheel nuts coming undone.
I remember a mate whose boat trailer wheel fell off - molyslip stops friction including the friction that stops the wheel nuts coming undone.
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