Use of Anti-seize on knock offs

[1795]

I made the mistake of using the gray as on the threads of my sparkplugs because they were going into aluminum heads and my mechanic told me to never do that again. He said that eventually the liquid portion of the gray as leaks out and that what is left behind gums up the threads in the head and is very difficult to remove. I plan on using a thin coat of the gray as on all surfaces the first time that I remove my wheels.

[steve meltzer]

I think the threads must have galled, tho' I don't know why. Hard to imagine one could use too much of this on spindle threads, especially in a non-track application. steve

[DanEC]

I've been using the gray anti-sieze on my Corvette's knock offs for almost 20 years without any problem. A thin coating is probably best, but it needs to be applied to the pins, the threaded shank and the cone shaped contact portion of the spinner and wheel. Some Corvette knock off adaptors with a paint finish rather than a plated finish (like mine). Even with the anti-sieze coating the paint on the threads can begin to abrade and ball up and foul the threads. That could be one posssible problem.