lug nut wont budge?

[joekd]

I have always been putting anti-sieze on lug nuts, check them months later and same exact torque readings

 

[JDraper]

I have also anti-seized all my lugnuts when dealing with aluminum wheels. You get more accurate torque values and I have never had one loosen up.

 

[Dan Whitaker]

Congrats Blee I don't think I've see a quadruple post before

I hit a tripple in Jon's going to the track thread

Hijack over.

 

[Dan Whitaker]

I have also anti-seized all my lugnuts when dealing with aluminum wheels. You get more accurate torque values and I have never had one loosen up.

I use nickel antisieze for quite sometime and had no problem.

When you use ARP studs you must use lube so why wouldn't using something on wheel studs be any different?

 

[damarble]

Just get a breaker bar and reef on it. It will either break free or snap off. If it snaps you'll need a new lug nut and stud, like $5 and easy to replace.

 

[Nytroman]

Your only 26.. So I highly doubt you've been in the automotive field for 10 years since that would mean you started at 16. Adding a substance between the wheel studs & lug nuts is definately a dangerous thing especially if its a lubricant like grease or anti-seize. As long as the lug nuts are torqued to 100 ft lbs I don't see them coming loose. On the other hand, I've seen them torque to 250 lbs. Girlfriend hit a pipe on the highway over the weekend. Guy came out to change the tire since it blew out the sidewall.. I watched the guy from AAA change the tire with a Snap-on cordless impact gun. I know those guns produce atleast 250 ft lbs if not more, needless to say when I saw him use the impact gun to tighten the nuts without a torque stick I was quite pissed. Told him to take them off and to use a torque stick or do it by hand. He initially refused so after talking to his supervisor at their dispatch center, he understood why I was pissed. I've used my cordless in the past too but I start them by hand and then use torque sticks to set it to 100 ft lbs.

Trust me I know all about rust.. We probably have the most idiotic road crews on the east coast.. At the mere chance of the temps dropping below 32F they'll start spreading salt & liquid type ice melt on every surface and wonder why their over budgeted when we get hardly a serious snowstorm for the entire year.

your right, i was around 9 years old when i started heavily getting into vehicles. i believe your OPINION is a valid one, i maybe only 26 but am ASE certified in many areas. i thought i was in a forum that did not discriminate and flame, thats too bad..... i worked for a ford dealer here for awhile, and every tech was told to grease studs if you had to remove any wheels, it was common practice. so regardless if its RIGHT or WRONG, thats how it is around HERE... therefore my OPINION