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Stainless tinkering when will it end ?
Neill replied to Grumpyowl's topic in Advice on Repairing and maintaining your bike
the process you describe above is galvanic corrosion the best way to prevent this occuring is to pick two metals that are close together on the galvanic scale and prevent any electrolite IE water getting too them aluminium and mild steel are close together on the galvanic scale as is galvanised mild steel however S/S is a long way apart from aluminium on the scale copper slip will help as it prevents the electrolyte solution entering the threads and is largely un affected by the exhaust temp -
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