Originally Posted by
TimothyH
I'm not challenging whether manufacturers market the stuff for holding parts together and to keeping them from slipping after installation. I understand that many do and I understand that many mechanics use it for exactly that purpose.
I'm saying that this is not what the stuff was designed for.
We heard you the first time
And you're still mistaken.
From a manufacturer of paste:
- Fiber Grip(TM): Carbon Fiber Assembly Gel is specially designed to reduce slippage between clamped carbon fiber surfaces. Fiber Grip eliminates the need to over tighten clamps to achieve secure connections.
- Apply Fiber Grip in a thin film to clamping areas of stems, handlebars, seat posts, and seat tubes to eliminate the need for over tightening, which can cause internal fractures and fatigue of carbon fiber parts.
Originally Posted by
TimothyH
Ask yourself if you would get into an aircraft which needed grit paste to hold parts together or to keep from slipping because the bolts holding the part together were not sufficient.
Loctite.