Originally Posted by
MudPie
The Park torque spec is my go-to reference, unless otherwise stated on the component. I've always assumed the Park table was for lubricated threads and I always grease threads. In general, I never liked the idea of wasting energy to overcome friction in the thread and would rather have the energy develop clamping force.
Let me send Park a question about dry v lubed threads and their table. In the past, they've replied to my queries pretty quickly. I'll let you all know what they say.
Thanks for taking the initiative. I had thought about sending a question off, but didn’t follow through.
It’s their table, although they might have a mfg’s fallback response which would be tough to track down each specific torque to a prep recommendation.
John