Regular grease is quite useless. Use copper grease. I can guarantee you it will never get stuck or your money back.
If the ties work, don't see why you need to use screws. Cut down on oil changes, then you won't have to worry about the 2 hours. I do 5 hour oil change every 10 years. The cars purr like champs.
Do you understand the difference between copper grease and LM grease? Why 1 is used where and why? Yes you can use copper grease, but LM will do just as well, it is in a box section.
I don't. I use copper grease, or rtv depending on situation. I used rtv for the ac drier bolts and thermostat bolts because the upgraded ebay bolts were stainless steel. I did use the other grease on home window catch.
I use copper grease on exhaust. It's pretty high temperature, so high I get a nice bit of smoke. It works beautifully.
But you feel able to lecture on tracking?
Yes, silicone is room temperature vulcanising. Not sure if the engine variety uses a different curing mechanism.
Of course. I filled the tie rod arm the rod screws into with copper grease too.
The information doesn't change my using copper grease. High temperature, low temperature, I use it. I even use it on the screws for my splash shield. A dab of copper grease gives me happy feelings. The MOT guy was a bit puzzled though. But he could not fail me.
There are cheaper things you can use if you want your exhaust to make smoke...
It's as good as anything for the backs of pads, because it sort of bakes-on, and forms a bit of anti-squeal damping. For slider pins, I used to find it went hard fairly quickly, and made them quite sticky, so I went over to ceramic grease, which seems to stay slippier for longer.
But then, information about changing your oil more often than every decade didn't change your feelings either...
