Jim,

I wish that you'd tell that to the stainless screws installed in aluminum
pieces aboard BlueJacket. Those that weren't treated with TefGel are
corroded. Since this is going to be a bearing surface I didn't want any
corrosion increasing the CoF.

-- Geoff

"Jim Woodward" jameslwoodward at attbi dot com wrote in
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Actually, Geoff, it used to be that good turnbuckles were made with
stainless screws and bronze bodies (or vice versa). The reason is
that stainless galls badly against itself (as many of us know,
although we may not know the word for it other than, "!#$%&*?!" .)
Stainless against bronze runs freely and happily and is a much better
quality device. Unfortunately, they cost more and looked strange, and
are now, I think, gone from the market.

Galvanic doesn't become a real issue unless the two pieces are
immersed. Above deck, there may be a little salt around, but it mostly
gets washed off by the rain, I suspect.