[aronhk_md]

Again Bret.....not trying to belittle what you are saying. Nor have I decided I will use the stuff when re-assembling. I can see you are getting frustrated with this, and I'm not sure why that would be.....its just a discussion. I'm examining what you say and attempting to understand it from a scientific standpoint. And I DO see what you mean if quantities (who knows how much would cause this?) of antiseize stayed in the joint possibly causing the fit to be off.

I also understand about the lack of warning because people dont always suspect other people will do stupid stuff........which is why warnings get issued at all.....because someone or enough people did the stupid thing and bad things happened. But that brings me back to one of my points.......if bad things happened due to this (and if you've read there are LOTS of people doing it) then I can only imagine there'd be warnings about it.

I've done searches all over the internet and not really found warnings. I've also not found cases listed of failures where it was said...."improper fit caused failure of BJ. Improper fit can be attributed to the possible use of lubricants/antiseize in the taper joint."

All I'm trying to do is put the issue out on the table for discussion and find out whether a friction fit in this case is the intended point for that taper shaft. We know the lower ball joint is friction fit into the A-arm to hold it in place.....but that is NOT a taper joint.

If we were talking about a medical issue...well, there are plenty of things we cant say what the reason is (exactly), but we know the result. Cancer is an example. We may know contributing factors. Some doctors get huffy when questioned about things that are just the accepted norm in medicine if you scientifically follow through with a concept...especially when you are beyond their level of understanding in the subject. But there are plenty of times in recent history when an accepted theory has changed...sometimes over and over...as new scientific info is added. In many cases that info was actually around already.........but doctors just didnt apply it to the specific problem at hand.

Oh, and thanks for the tip on using a BFH on the spindle. Seems acceptable to me. Unless you have aftermarket pretty spindles.