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Subject:Re: Warning! Do not use...
From:Mike S
Date:Wed, 17 Jan 2007 14:28:11 -0500

At 12:34 PM 1/17/2007, Geza Polony wrote...
>stainless steel bolts on your muffler/catalytic converter.
>
>The more experienced among us know this already. I thought I'd beat
>the
>corrosion problem by using M8 stainless bolts and nuts for my new Bus
>Depot
>cat and muffler. Once they heat up, there's no way to loosen them.

You _must_ use anti-seize with stainless fasteners to avoid galling.