"Leon Fisk" wrote in message
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On Wed, 28 Apr 2010 21:55:33 -0400
"Stormin Mormon" wrote:

Hmm. I've been greasing wheel lugs for about 30 years.
Havn't had a properly snugged lugnut come loose, yet. I do
have some copper based antisieze, though.


Might as well pile on too...

I've been using ~30wt motor oil for about 30 years, haven't had any
troubles with lug-nuts coming loose. Use a large T or X wrench to
torque them down. As a teenager I found out that you never really know
how tight they are using an impact wrench...

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Leon Fisk
Grand Rapids MI/Zone 5b
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FWIW, I tried to get the opinion of experts on this a couple of times, once
when I was racing sports cars and again 8 or 10 years ago. I never got a
clear answer from anyone.

My old tin of anti-seize is so old that it's lead-based, but I use that on
my own car, because I check the nuts every once in a while. I've never had
one work loose. In my racing days I decided to leave them dry, and I torqued
them with a torque wrench for uniformity.

I don't use the anti-seize on my son's car because cars are appliances to
him (and, apparently, to most of his generation). If I told him to check the
wheel nuts he'd look at me like I was crazy.

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Ed Huntress