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A friend of mine needed a ball joint replaced, for his car.

1993 Buick station wagon. Aluminum wheels, and the old
style steel only lug nuts. Two aparently fused themselves
to the rims, and were a PIA to remove. Drill, pound, grind,
etc.

He's going back to the tall lug nuts that came with the vehicle.
Is there any kind of stuff to keep the lug nuts from sticking to
the aluminum rims?

The ball joint did get replaced, but that was miserable also.
And it rained during part of the work.

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A friend of mine needed a ball joint replaced, for his car.

1993 Buick station wagon. Aluminum wheels, and the old
style steel only lug nuts. Two aparently fused themselves
to the rims, and were a PIA to remove. Drill, pound, grind,
etc.

He's going back to the tall lug nuts that came with the vehicle.
Is there any kind of stuff to keep the lug nuts from sticking to
the aluminum rims?

The ball joint did get replaced, but that was miserable also.
And it rained during part of the work.


Any auto parts store should have Permatex anti-seize in tubes and cans.

If you don't have a compressor and an impact wrench and plan on working
on cars much, you really oughta get 'em. Make life _much_ easier.



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On 10/13/2010 7:05 AM, Stormin Mormon wrote:
A friend of mine needed a ball joint replaced, for his car.

1993 Buick station wagon. Aluminum wheels, and the old
style steel only lug nuts. Two aparently fused themselves
to the rims, and were a PIA to remove. Drill, pound, grind,
etc.

He's going back to the tall lug nuts that came with the vehicle.
Is there any kind of stuff to keep the lug nuts from sticking to
the aluminum rims?


Just get the correct OE lug nuts. They had a coating or a stainless
steel cap that extended over the bevel.


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On Wed, 13 Oct 2010 10:16:06 -0400, "J. Clarke"
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In article , cayoung61
says...

A friend of mine needed a ball joint replaced, for his car.

1993 Buick station wagon. Aluminum wheels, and the old
style steel only lug nuts. Two aparently fused themselves
to the rims, and were a PIA to remove. Drill, pound, grind,
etc.

He's going back to the tall lug nuts that came with the vehicle.
Is there any kind of stuff to keep the lug nuts from sticking to
the aluminum rims?

The ball joint did get replaced, but that was miserable also.
And it rained during part of the work.


Any auto parts store should have Permatex anti-seize in tubes and cans.

If you don't have a compressor and an impact wrench and plan on working
on cars much, you really oughta get 'em. Make life _much_ easier.



Indeed. Even I, who live in the desert..have about 2 gallons of various
anti-seize compounds, copper, bronze, aluminum etc etc.

Wonderful stuff and it gets used on EVERY wheel stud and much else I
take apart and reassemble.

It makes life eversomuch easier. Both now and years from now.

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