I put White Lithium grease on the hub where the rim sits on it so it doesnt rust is self to the hub and i also put White Lithium grease on the studs. I have done this for about 15 years and never ever never had a lug nut loosen on me. Mark Martin Gutkowski wrote: > Do you have any evidence to back this up? Alloy wheels will weld > themselves to hubs, nuts sieze on studs, and I've had the same > experience as Rich, replacing an alloy only to not be able to remove > it > 3 weeks later. All it cost _me_ was two new lug nuts. I habitually use > > copper grease now, in common with just about every garage in the > country. > > Lubrication on a thread will allow you to achieve the torque the > wrench > tells you, rather than losing some of it to friction. It will not > cause > them to come loose. > > Personally, I use spray-on copper slip which is a solvent-based > anti-sieze compound which leaves a thin layer of copper dust in a > light > grease. > > Martin > > Scott Mueller wrote: > > >If you are thinking about putting "Anti-Seize" or oil on the threads > of your > >lug nuts, do NOT do it. > > > >You will end up over torqing the threads or the nuts could loosen on > there > >own while you are driving. > > > >LUG NUTS ARE MEANT TO BE TORQUED WHEN THE THREADS ARE DRY. > > > >Scott Mueller > >002981 > >RNDOLA > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT [Click Here!] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT <http://rd.yahoo.com/M=244522.3707890.4968055.1261774/D=egroupweb/S=170512 6215:HM/A=1595054/R=0/SIG=124ukap9t/*http://ashnin.com/clk/muryutaitakenat togyo?YH=3707890&yhad=1595054> Click Here! <http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l?M=244522.3707890.4968055.1261774/D=egroupm ail/S=:HM/A=1595054/rand=303483153> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> .
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