Assembling a new four jaw chuck

My shipment arrived from Enco yesterday and has just emerged from a mineral spirit bath to get the shipping goo (Cosmoline?) off of it. the chuck came with a pre machined backplate and the screws as well and a statement of accuracy with the test results (Surprising for an ENCO cheapie IMO) but then again the flexibility of setup that an independent chuck provides can cancel its own errors out if its setup carefully if i'm understanding things correctly

A lot of things are obvious

remove the goo fasten all four screws equally (even with unspecified torque) Oil the working parts. And i Lightly coat the outer surface as well as an anti rust precaution

But i went looking as to whether the backplate to chuck surface itself should be oiled and even checking this group i see NOTHING either way about that activity. That implies to me that it doesnt matter but i'd rather ask now than make a mess later or have a mess creep up on me years down the road.

should the backplate to chuck surface be oiled before it and the chuck get married together?

Thanks

Brent Philion Ottawa Canada

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Brent
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I always do oil it (backplate:spindle or backplate:chuck) generously. Or you get quickly contact rust (considering the coolant going inbetween the gap sooner or later).

Nick

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Nick Mueller

A thin layer of silver anti seize, also on all threads. 5-10 years later, it'll still come apart.

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Steve Walker

In the absence of instructions to the contrary, I believe a light coat of oil or LPS on bare steel is always a good thing.

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Jim Stewart

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