anti-seize, torque and when do you replace bolts...

[alphatarget1]

So I took off my broken sway bar this morning. The support bracket had to be taken out for the sway bar to come out. One of the bolts is clearly in need of replacement (bad threads) but I don't know about the others. The nut goes on kind of tight which shouldn't be for a new bolt...

I plan to put some anti-seize on the bolts. From what I understand if you put anti-seize on your bolts, you can never get to the factory torque due to lubrication...

 

[Howard]

For any given torque, lubricated bolts will experience more pre-load/stretch than dry bolts.

 

[rstrohkirch]

Not so much that you can't torque to the factory torque recommendation it's that you shouldn't torque it to that value. You want to take your recommended torque value and reduce it by roughly 25% if using lubrication on the screw or bolt.

 

[alkemyst]

Unless called for, start with clean fastners then torque. Then do anti-corrosion steps.