Grease or carbon assembly compound ?

Tom Butcher
Tom Butcher Posts: 3,830
edited July 2009 in Workshop
For things like seatposts etc where you want to avoid seizing and sticking - where it's carbon to aluminium would you use grease or would you use a carbon assembly compound - I'm guessing the assembly compound is just for carbon to carbon but I'm not sure ?
it's a hard life if you don't weaken.

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  • will3
    will3 Posts: 2,173
    I'd use the carbon assy compound.
    Available from ProBikeKit in small qtys at reasonable rates (or it was anyway)
  • Monty Dog
    Monty Dog Posts: 20,614
    Grease is for things that move whereas assembly compound for things that you want to stay put
    Make mine an Italian, with Campagnolo on the side..
  • Tom Butcher
    Tom Butcher Posts: 3,830
    OK so it's not just for carbon on carbon then. In that case I'll get some.
    it's a hard life if you don't weaken.
  • freehub
    freehub Posts: 4,257
    Is it OK to apply lithium grease to a carbon steerer? And should a carbon steerer be greased?
  • JAGGY
    JAGGY Posts: 167
    Use the carbon specific grease as some normal grease can attack the carbon fibre.

    Cheers
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    Will, I think Bhima uses this -

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