24 hours, thats it, no where near long enough, try a week, every nite before bed and it should work OK. Oh and go buy the BIG can of Anti-seize, the tube only stays in the in vehicles tool boxes. When we worked on our 89YJ we used almost a 1/4 can of the stuff last summer when we were reassembling parts. We now have 3 jeeps, XJ and two TJ's so the rest of the can will have a short life expectancy once the weather warms up a bit more and the snow melts. Same with dielectric grease, we use it on almost every electrical connection that gets taken apart, got 4 of the 3oz tubes of that stuff. I've been known to back bolts and nuts off just to put the anti-seize on them knowing that at some point in the future that bolt or nut is going to have to come off and I KNOW that it's going to be at the most inopertune time like during a hurricane and in the dark out in the middle of nowhere while I'm holding a flashlight in my teeth..