Does anyone use anti-seize on their wheel bolts?
09-25-2013, 07:46 PM
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Does anyone use anti-seize on their wheel bolts?
Hey,
Just wondering if anyone uses any kind of anti-sieze on their wheel bolts?
I have some titanium ones and was wondering if it makes any difference to whether i should or not.
KJ
Just wondering if anyone uses any kind of anti-sieze on their wheel bolts?
I have some titanium ones and was wondering if it makes any difference to whether i should or not.
KJ
09-25-2013, 09:21 PM
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09-25-2013, 11:49 PM
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I've been using white lithium grease on the wheel lugs/bolts on all of my cars for over 10 years. I don't torque them any differently, never had a seized wheel, and have yet to experience a wheel fall off 
09-26-2013, 02:06 AM
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I use a moly-based anti-seize just as my manual tells me to. I only fully torque the bolts after lowering the wheel to the ground. Yada, yada, yada.
Do I think either of these matter? Not really. Before I bought an expensive car--for me at least--I never used anti-seize, and I tightened as much as seemed necessary using a lug wrench--no torque wrenches involved. Never had any problems of any kind--abnormal tire wear, vibration, seized lug nuts, etc.
My Dad laughs at how I have to pamper my cars these days. He and I both grew up on steel wheels and jacks that you crank up with a lug wrench before you pry off the hubcap and break the lug nuts loose--if you had a hubcap. Some of the old pickup trucks we jacked up by the bumper, IIRC.
And weeeeeee liked it!
Do I think either of these matter? Not really. Before I bought an expensive car--for me at least--I never used anti-seize, and I tightened as much as seemed necessary using a lug wrench--no torque wrenches involved. Never had any problems of any kind--abnormal tire wear, vibration, seized lug nuts, etc.
My Dad laughs at how I have to pamper my cars these days. He and I both grew up on steel wheels and jacks that you crank up with a lug wrench before you pry off the hubcap and break the lug nuts loose--if you had a hubcap. Some of the old pickup trucks we jacked up by the bumper, IIRC.
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09-26-2013, 09:52 AM
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Do I think either of these matter? Not really. Before I bought an expensive car--for me at least--I never used anti-seize, and I tightened as much as seemed necessary using a lug wrench--no torque wrenches involved. Never had any problems of any kind--abnormal tire wear, vibration, seized lug nuts, etc.
Do I think either of these matter? Not really. Before I bought an expensive car--for me at least--I never used anti-seize, and I tightened as much as seemed necessary using a lug wrench--no torque wrenches involved. Never had any problems of any kind--abnormal tire wear, vibration, seized lug nuts, etc.
If your torquing up a steel lug to a steel wheel, no issues. Tightening up a "dry" aluminum fastener to a steel stud could result in galling which will seize the aluminum fastener. Sod's Law dictates that you will discover this when you get a flat tire on a dark, rainy night miles from civilization
09-27-2013, 01:21 AM
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The issue is dissimilar materials and galling.
If your torquing up a steel lug to a steel wheel, no issues. Tightening up a "dry" aluminum fastener to a steel stud could result in galling which will seize the aluminum fastener. Sod's Law dictates that you will discover this when you get a flat tire on a dark, rainy night miles from civilization
If your torquing up a steel lug to a steel wheel, no issues. Tightening up a "dry" aluminum fastener to a steel stud could result in galling which will seize the aluminum fastener. Sod's Law dictates that you will discover this when you get a flat tire on a dark, rainy night miles from civilization
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