I am never sure about anything I do, but I am told the U-Bolts once gone thru the hardening process has better stats than steel. I hear this from Doc at Totally Stainless, but McMaster-Carr also reports the same stats. I learned something new tho on how stainless welds itself together like that. Lesson learned!
I am still confused tho on if Anti-Seize and Loctite are the same thing. One seems to keep things looser while one seems to keep things tighter? You cant use them both.