[Fr. Frank]

Originally Posted by flyingfrizzle

One thing I started doing to stop this from happening is to coat the nuts and studs with the silver never-seize..... Once it sits a few days it gets hard on the out side a little bit and protects them. It will still wipe off easyly and clean up well.

Let me remind people to NOT use Never-Sieze on the prop shaft or anything that will be submerged in salt-water unless you're willing to remove and replace the Never-Sieze at your annual service.

Just as the outside of Never-Sieze gets hard in a couple of days and protects what is underneath, in the same way it continues to get hard underneath the surface until it finally turns into one of the best damn epoxies you ever saw!

I have had to cut off propeller hubs with acetylene torch and air chisel that had been installed with Never-Seize and then not serviced for 5 years or so.

Do the annual maintenance, and you'll be fine.