Outrageous Kubota part price increase

   / Outrageous Kubota part price increase #21  
We are on it, and they are aware. There is some stuff that makes absolutely no sense. We found a label that went from like $3 to over $40. I don't expect it to stay this way.
 
   / Outrageous Kubota part price increase #22  
You are a great resource for the forum and Kubota owners...

Sometimes glitches happen and go undiscovered until questioned.
 
   / Outrageous Kubota part price increase #23  
Another comment on the anti-seize compound.

>Yes, it somehow gets into and onto everything. It is even worse than black grease for "how did I get it there?" situations.

>I once put anti-seize (silver compound) on my truck's wheel lugs. The tire dealer had an absolute fit when I went in for a free rotation. He spent quite some time, and a lot of solvent, getting it off. His claim was that lug nuts need friction and even a little corrosion to remain seated and tight.

>I still use it on bushhog blade nuts and bolts. It is far more expensive than grease and seems to work the same. :confused2: The huge nuts still come off easily with a quality impact wrench. Just my thing.
 
   / Outrageous Kubota part price increase #24  
Amount of anti seize needed is a tiny brush swipe. It's not an entire coating or a big dollop. It should be hard to tell it's been added after things have been assembled and then the subsequent disassembly. I use it regularly and have the same small bottle (1/2 pint or so) I've had for the last decade.
It comes off with the same type stuff you remove grease with.
 
   / Outrageous Kubota part price increase #25  
Funny thing. Loctite properly applied also functions as antiseize...
Keeps things from loosening and from seizing as well.
 
   / Outrageous Kubota part price increase #26  
Never had a never seized nut or stud come loose. I use it on all my wheel studs.
 
   / Outrageous Kubota part price increase #27  
Use high temp anti-seize on injector and spark plug threads for easier removal.
 
   / Outrageous Kubota part price increase #28  
For spark plugs, I have some 50 year old Champion spark plug anti-seize... graphite in some sort of hi temp oil. Came from the aircraft industry, where aluminum cylinder heads and steel spark plugs have to not seize- never, no how .
 
   / Outrageous Kubota part price increase #29  
Anti seize is merely a chemical to prevent galvanic corrosion form sticking metals together. It has negligible effect on torque.
 
   / Outrageous Kubota part price increase #30  
What about the part price increase?
 

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