Does anyone put anything on the cover anchor bolts to keep them from seizing up? I'm pulling them all out and blowing the inside of them out and thought maybe I should put something on them before screwing them back in.
Winter cover brass anchor bolts
- Thread starter lawson23
- Start date
- Jul 21, 2013
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- Pool Size
- 35000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
Loop-loc recommends a silicone spray for lubrication and protection of the brass anchors.
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Pool Cover Anchors - Further Reading
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I use nothing on all the pools I service, do not tighten them down hard after cover removal. Any lube you add will just attract dirt imo.
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Every year when I open, I fully remove each of the hold-downs, clean the threads on them and also down in the holes with some kind of solvent (I used WD-40 ) then put some grease on the threads and screw them back in. This will prevent them from seizing and sticking. An anti-seize compound would probably work well too, but I have always had good luck with the spray white lithium grease. Before I made this a habit, I had one stuck so bad that it took a week of shooting with PB Blaster every day and vice grips to get one of them out. Ever since I started doing this I have not had a single problem with them.
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