What kind of grease do you use for pedal cleat screws?

I have a pair of DZR shoes that I run with Crank Brothers cleats. I'm going to replace the worn out cleats with new ones and want to know what's the best grease to use on the screws. Also if there is anything I should avoid using. 

Researching online I see this primarily falls into 2 camps. Some advocate for anti-seize compound while others advocate for Loctite blue.  

I used anti-seize when I first installed the cleats. I haven't had any issues myself but read about cleat screws becoming loose over time with anti-seize. I tightened mine after about a month of use and never had to do so again. 

I'm leaning toward trying Loctite blue but want to get some feedback before doing so. 

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Permalink Reply by Gecko on January 31, 2014 at 3:26am

I've used Park polylube on my SPDs ever since I had an issue getting one of the screws out.  I tend to overtighten the screws, and I had ridden them all winter when I first started using them - without grease.  The screws ended up rusting into the mounts ever so slightly, but just enough so that it was a terrible pain to get them out when I needed to install new cleats.  Now I always use grease.  I still tighten them maybe a bit more than I should, but I have never had them move on me after installing them with grease.

Permalink Reply by djm on January 31, 2014 at 8:18am

Ive never had an issue with cleat bolts loosening, only with corrosion, so I use anti-seize.

Permalink Reply by Jimmy Baham on January 31, 2014 at 8:27am

Cleats get stuck all the time, usually the hole in the bolt strips after getting filled with gunk, gum and little rocks and such. All you have to do is drill it out, its pretty easy. I wouldn't use locktite because you want to be able to adjust the cleat position at first.

Permalink Reply by Rich S on January 31, 2014 at 9:02am

I already have cleats on these shoes so I would just set them up in the same place. But if not I'd set the position first and only then use the loc-tite. 

I'm still undecided which one to use. I've used anti-seize before so might just stick with that. Either that or give the Park polylube a try.  

Thanks for the feedback everyone! Keep it coming if you have more to add. 


Jimmy Baham said:

Cleats get stuck all the time, usually the hole in the bolt strips after getting filled with gunk, gum and little rocks and such. All you have to do is drill it out, its pretty easy. I wouldn't use locktite because you want to be able to adjust the cleat position at first.

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