<VV> More lug nuts

[Hugo Miller]

Depends where you live! In England, the threads - along with everything 
else on the vehicle - will be attacked by road salt if not greased! I 
never cease to be amazed that when working on Chevys etc in Florida, 
many of the body & chassis fixings will spin off with your fingers after 
fifty years and more. In England you would need to cut them off with 
oxy-acetylene!

On 2020-04-01 00:04, Jim Becker wrote:
> How about: After the wheel is installed the lubricant will attract
> dust and any other abrasive contaminant the vehicle is exposed to.
> Unless completely cleaned off, the abrasives will cause thread damage
> on future removal/installation.  The presence of the contaminants and
> the thread damage will make proper tightening of the fasteners
> increasingly improbable.
>
> Jim Becker
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Hugo Miller via VirtualVairs
> Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2020 3:38 PM
> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: Re:  More lug nuts
>
> I don't think there can be an argument for fitting them dry.
>
> On 2020-03-31 19:05, Jay Maechtlen via VirtualVairs wrote:
>> There was quite a discussion of this on one of the Eng-tips forums a
>> while back.
>> Strong opinions were expressed for and against lubrication.
>> I basically follow Bryan's method, except I may use anti-seize on 
>> the
>> seats also for steel wheels.
>> Years ago on our Aerostar I had an issue with the seats and matching
>> surfaces on the wheels getting torn up. The steel wheels and nuts 
>> were
>> galling and wearing badly, There was also damage to the threads.
>> I replaced the worst of the lug nuts and cleaned the studs and wheel
>> lug seats as well as I could.
>> Then used anti-seize on everything, but made sure to go around
>> several times when tightening. It held up fine until the vehicle was
>> retired some years later.
>>
>>
>> On 3/31/2020 8:02 AM, Bryan Blackwell via VirtualVairs wrote:
>>> Here at Skiblack Auto Spa, wheel lugs are cleaned so the lug nuts 
>>> spin on by hand, then given a coat of anti-seize (threads only).  Run 
>>> them down with the gun set on the softest setting to snug, then 
>>> middle setting (about 40 lb-ft).  From there it's two passes by hand 
>>> to the middle of the torque range.  It takes a little extra time, but 
>>> wheels stay on.  At least when I don't forget altogether! =:-O
>>>
>>> --Bryan
>>>
>>>> On Mar 30, 2020, at 11:10 PM, Joel McGregor via VirtualVairs 
>>>> <virtualvairs at corvair.org <mailto:virtualvairs at corvair.org>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> The common (wrong) rule of thumb here is to put them on dry also. 
>>>> People claim they fall off if you lube them.  Of course that is 
>>>> wrong thinking.
>>>   _______________________________________________
>>> This message was sent by the VirtualVairs mailing list, all 
>>> copyrights are the property
>>> of the writer, please attribute properly. For help, 
>>> mailto:vv-help at corvair.org
>>> This list sponsored by the Corvair Society of America, 
>>> http://www.corvair.org/
>>> Post messages to: VirtualVairs at corvair.org
>>> Change your options: 
>>> http://www.vv.corvair.org/mailman/options/virtualvairs
>>> Archives: http://www.vv.corvair.org/archive.htm
>>>   _______________________________________________
>
> _______________________________________________
> This message was sent by the VirtualVairs mailing list, all
> copyrights are the property
> of the writer, please attribute properly. For help,
> mailto:vv-help at corvair.org
> This list sponsored by the Corvair Society of America,
> http://www.corvair.org/
> Post messages to: VirtualVairs at corvair.org
> Change your options: 
> http://www.vv.corvair.org/mailman/options/virtualvairs
> Archives: http://www.vv.corvair.org/archive.htm
> _______________________________________________