I am requesting advice from the well versed among the list. My TR6 is blocked in by my son's Jeep Wrangler, which is immobile until I complete some brake work (the minimal LBC content). I have found
white lithium grease seems to work and not loosen Listers, I am requesting advice from the well versed among the list. My TR6 is blocked in by my son's Jeep Wrangler, which is immobile until I comple
I know the original thread asked for off list responses but I thought, and hoped, others might benefit from my response. Anti seize is a great material which I use often. <--said to hopefully reduce
Rick -- you need to relax a little. Work your shoulders a little. See ... it feels nice, doesn't it? Now that you're feeling better, let me tell you that in my casually jettisoned missive, I didn't m
I'm puzzled. ??? I did read your original post, didn't have a good answer, and left it to the more knowlegable to reply. I also received Martin's message that you include below. While the informatio
Martin : I beg to differ, friction is what keeps the nut from spontaneously unscrewing itself. Without friction in the proper places, the entire car falls apart. The stretching of the stud only suppl
Rick : IMO Martin's reply does constitute "thread drift" (and I disagree with it), but it does seem at least related to the subject of using anti-seize on lug nuts. And, since you've admitted to bei
But this doesn't explain why my entire cars are always falling apart <g>. I'm sure you're correct. But on a wheel stud -- particularly an American vehicle vs. an LBC -- the torque values are much hi
Martin's point doesn't seem to me to be a poke or a flame at your good info - simply added clarification - and one I appreciate as I was following this 'lug bolt/ant-seize' topic myself - Martin's p
Yes Martin torque is involved and stickiness, or lack there of, plays a part also. I think the process may be more accurately conveyed as such: torque would be the force applied to the system to brin
"And what holds in a lug nut is bolt With MY Triumph, what holds the lug nuts is Happy Thoughts. (I don't care about the scientific reasons. I am just happy when they do what they are supposed to do!
FWIW, I "reasearched" (heh) this a couple of years ago, because I was worried about overtorqueing the lug bolts on my Audi. The German car's alloys are to be torqued to 90 lb-ft, but I wanted to slat