64 B body rear tapered axle

[Willard Edison <waedison1@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm looking for comments. I rebuilt the rear end on my 64 Plymouth Sport 
Fury, which has the old tapered axles. I cleaned the tapers on the axle 
and hub before reassembly and in what I thought was an enlightened 
moment, put some anti-seize compound on the tapers so I can get the 
assemblies apart easier in the future. Subsequently, I read some advice 
on another website that you should NEVER put any kind of lubricant or 
anti-seize on the tapers, as the friction between the two parts is 
actually what keeps the two pieces acting as one, that if there is lube 
between the two parts, eventually the steel key on the axle will wear 
off from applied torque and the wheel assembly will spin on the axle. 
This sounds like good logic to me, but I'm thinking that 140 lbs of 
torque on the castle nut that binds the two parts together is enough to 
eliminate that possibility except if I were perhaps going to be racing 
the car, which won't happen. I'd appreciate any comments from those of 
you with more experience in this area than me. Thanks/ Butch /Ferndale, 
WA

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