Buy a can of Hi-Temp Copper Neversieze and use that on all the nuts and bolts you're going to use. I've used it for years, and those nuts and bolts won't gall.
Courtney

----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Collum <collum@VERIZON.NET>
Date: Saturday, April 21, 2007 5:06 am
Subject: Re: Source for Stainless Exhaust Hardware?

> What about the brass (bronze?) nuts we used to use on the old
> aircooledbeetles?  Such as these:
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=015&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=250079258939&rd=1,1
>
> Mike
>
>
>
> John Reddick wrote:
> > SS nuts and bolts on exhaust will still have to be cut off after
> a short
> > time due to galling. We did it once after 500 miles.  Every
> single nut and
> > bolt was galled and seized.  Every one.
> >
> > John
> > Vanaru.com
> >
>