Ordered some stainless brake caliber mounting bolts, and the two shorter ss bolts for the caliber halves. (bolts are from Alloyboltz) Do I use blue loctite, or anti seize? The more I read under t he search tab the more confused I get. What should i use. Oem stock black caliber on an 08 streetglide.

 

Given the propensity of stainless steel to gall, especially if it is screwed into a mild steel part, I would use Anti-Seeze.

 

Why would you choose SS over the stock bolts. SS is not stronger than a standard grade 8 bolt. It Gauls very easily too! SS is used mainly in corrosive environments. I would use the stock bolts and use blue loc-tite.

 

Stainless is much weaker than Grade 8.
Galling can be an issue but usually occurs with stainless bolt and nut of the same grade.

 

Call these guy....http://www.gardner-westcott.com/

Tell them what bolts you want to replace and get their chrome ones.

 

I have had the stainless caliper mounting bolts from Alloyboltz on my glide for the past few years with absolutely no problems. I do use a little bit of blue loctite. paul

 

There are different grades of stainless bolts. I believe AlloyBoltz uses ARP bolts and then polishes them. ARP stainless bolts have a tensile strength of 170,000 where an off the shelf grade 8 is only 150,000. Also, the chromeing process makes the bolt more brittle which reduces the tensile strength!

 

The Loctite will have some lubricating ability so I would just go with that.

 

This is not True!! I worked for a company that did chrome plating. The cleaning and chrome plating process does not effect metal properties at all.

 

This is simply not true, electroplating can cause hydrogen embrittlement.
Any good fastener maker will take precautions to prevent this but it is very real.

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j...FDK5yalVj3RWlA

fasteners that are plated should undergo a heat treatment after plating read the Counteractions section in the above link.

Also the above link was just one of many google "hydrogen embrittlement fasteners" for more information than you ever wanted.