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It is accepted that Loctite C5-A is what Glock uses to lube their pistols from the factory. I have a tube and used it on new builds. It seemed to me that it didn't slick things up very much if at all. Almost like it does nothing to lubricate.
In the automotive world, it is accepted that anti seize on something that has to be torqued will mess up the torque applied. I recently changed the lug nuts on a trailer. Side bar-If your have lug nuts with stamped pretty caps, get solid lug nuts and throw the capped ones in the trash. The regular steel rusts and swells under the cap and you won't be able to get a correct size socket on the lug nut. Any way, as a test, I used C5-A on one lug nut and none on another. By feel, both torqued the same. Both turned a very very similar amount after seating and felt the same resistance wise as they tightened. I have torqued bolts that have been lubed or other anti seize used and they feel very different vs. dry as you apply torque.
I suspect Glock knows this and uses the C5-A because it allows the parts to wear at the expected rate and slick up on there own, otherwise known as break-in. If a wear reducing lubrication were used the parts would take a very long time to break in. I went through and removed the C-5A from everything and used Tetra or whatever lube I had handy. The result is that the operation is much slicker.
Maybe this is the way Loctite C5-A is designed to work, maybe it was a one off incident based on one set of wheels on my trailer. Discuss.
In the automotive world, it is accepted that anti seize on something that has to be torqued will mess up the torque applied. I recently changed the lug nuts on a trailer. Side bar-If your have lug nuts with stamped pretty caps, get solid lug nuts and throw the capped ones in the trash. The regular steel rusts and swells under the cap and you won't be able to get a correct size socket on the lug nut. Any way, as a test, I used C5-A on one lug nut and none on another. By feel, both torqued the same. Both turned a very very similar amount after seating and felt the same resistance wise as they tightened. I have torqued bolts that have been lubed or other anti seize used and they feel very different vs. dry as you apply torque.
I suspect Glock knows this and uses the C5-A because it allows the parts to wear at the expected rate and slick up on there own, otherwise known as break-in. If a wear reducing lubrication were used the parts would take a very long time to break in. I went through and removed the C-5A from everything and used Tetra or whatever lube I had handy. The result is that the operation is much slicker.
Maybe this is the way Loctite C5-A is designed to work, maybe it was a one off incident based on one set of wheels on my trailer. Discuss.
