Ball joints...

[JMBT]

Well, difference in practice I guess. I have ALWAYS, anti seized the tapered portion on all my trucks and have never had a problem while torquing. Further I don’t believe there is any physical way that anti seizing could cause ANY sort of danger if the castle nut is torqued properly and a cotter inserted in the nut. I am calling BS on that. It only helps to remove it later, so you aren’t beating the hell out of it. Also supporting the arm on the spindle as I stated above while you smack the removal tool, KEEPs it from distorting the steering arm. I torque with a torque wrench like you not an air gun and always advance the nut to the next slot if cotter won’t fit. So there’s that.