The stove has two doors and both glasses have now cracked and are
being replaced. There's a clamp bar top and bottom held in by M6
bolts - the bottom bolts have corroded into the cast door frame and
the heads have sheared off. Tiresome.

Short of slackening these bolts off say once a year to brake the
corrosion, has the collective any suggestions on say change of bolt
material to prevent this happening in future - the future I hope being
15 years away again.

Thanks
Rob

On 11/05/10 15:27, robgraham wrote:
The stove has two doors and both glasses have now cracked and are
being replaced. There's a clamp bar top and bottom held in by M6
bolts - the bottom bolts have corroded into the cast door frame and
the heads have sheared off. Tiresome.

Short of slackening these bolts off say once a year to brake the
corrosion, has the collective any suggestions on say change of bolt
material to prevent this happening in future - the future I hope being
15 years away again.

Thanks
Rob


Copper grease (eg Copperease, used on brake parts in cars) was what I
was advised to use - I did straight away. I'll have to see how well it
worked later!

--
Tim Watts

Hung parliament? Rather have a hanged parliament.

On 11 May, 15:59, Tim Watts wrote:
On 11/05/10 15:27, robgraham wrote:

The stove has two doors and both glasses have now cracked and are
being replaced. *There's a clamp bar top and bottom held in by M6
bolts - the bottom bolts have corroded into the cast door frame and
the heads have sheared off. Tiresome.

Short of slackening these bolts off say once a year to brake the
corrosion, has the collective any suggestions on say change of bolt
material to prevent this happening in future - the future I hope being
15 years away again.

Thanks
Rob

Copper grease (eg Copperease, used on brake parts in cars) was what I
was advised to use - I did straight away. I'll have to see how well it
worked later!

--
Tim Watts

Hung parliament? Rather have a hanged parliament.

Thanks Tim - that's a good idea. Can you remember if the bolts were
ordinary MS or stainless? The bolts all need replacing so it's a
Screwfix visit tomorrow morning.

Rob

On 11/05/10 18:30, robgraham wrote:
On 11 May, 15:59, Tim wrote:
On 11/05/10 15:27, robgraham wrote:

The stove has two doors and both glasses have now cracked and are
being replaced. There's a clamp bar top and bottom held in by M6
bolts - the bottom bolts have corroded into the cast door frame and
the heads have sheared off. Tiresome.

Short of slackening these bolts off say once a year to brake the
corrosion, has the collective any suggestions on say change of bolt
material to prevent this happening in future - the future I hope being
15 years away again.

Thanks
Rob

Copper grease (eg Copperease, used on brake parts in cars) was what I
was advised to use - I did straight away. I'll have to see how well it
worked later!

--
Tim Watts

Hung parliament? Rather have a hanged parliament.

Thanks Tim - that's a good idea. Can you remember if the bolts were
ordinary MS or stainless? The bolts all need replacing so it's a
Screwfix visit tomorrow morning.

Rob

I don't think they were stainless. Copper grease will assist with
MS/iron interfaces - the grease burns off leaving a layer of copper
(hopefully) which should reduce the tendency for iron oxide to form a bond.

--
Tim Watts

Hung parliament? Rather have a hanged parliament.

On 11 May, 18:44, Tim Watts wrote:
On 11/05/10 18:30, robgraham wrote:



On 11 May, 15:59, Tim *wrote:
On 11/05/10 15:27, robgraham wrote:

The stove has two doors and both glasses have now cracked and are
being replaced. *There's a clamp bar top and bottom held in by M6
bolts - the bottom bolts have corroded into the cast door frame and
the heads have sheared off. Tiresome.

Short of slackening these bolts off say once a year to brake the
corrosion, has the collective any suggestions on say change of bolt
material to prevent this happening in future - the future I hope being
15 years away again.

Thanks
Rob

Copper grease (eg Copperease, used on brake parts in cars) was what I
was advised to use - I did straight away. I'll have to see how well it
worked later!

--
Tim Watts

Hung parliament? Rather have a hanged parliament.

Thanks Tim - that's a good idea. *Can you remember if the bolts were
ordinary MS or stainless? *The bolts all need replacing so it's a
Screwfix visit tomorrow morning.

Rob

I don't think they were stainless. Copper grease will assist with
MS/iron interfaces - the grease burns off leaving a layer of copper
(hopefully) which should reduce the tendency for iron oxide to form a bond.

--
Tim Watts

Hung parliament? Rather have a hanged parliament.

I'll report back in 15 years or so if that has been effective !! :)
Rob

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember robgraham
saying something like:

Short of slackening these bolts off say once a year to brake the
corrosion, has the collective any suggestions on say change of bolt
material to prevent this happening in future - the future I hope being
15 years away again.

Never-Seez specifically mentions furnace door hinges etc.
http://www.neverseezproducts.com/neverseez.htm