Alright, a little bit of venting. I have been working on two skis that I got used and nobody used any grease on any threads anywhere. I have had the same stuff happen with other skis as well. I'm in the middle of trying to take the handle bar clamps off and I need to break out the blowtorch, and even that isn't doing anything. Seriously, how much effort does it take to slobber some silver jizz on a thread when reassembling so stuff doesn't get corroded to hell?
Rant over.
Rant over.