From: bjpendleton@charter.net
Date: Thu Dec 11 2003 - 10:50:53 PST
I say lube it. I use wheel bearing grease on mine
----- Original Message -----
From: "m35products" <m35prod@optonline.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 1:49 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] deuce lug nuts
> Jeeeze. I'm sorry to have started this argument. My feeling is that I
don't
> have enough technical knowlege to figure all this out. For instance, in
an
> ideal laboratory setting, if you use a torque wrench on a rusty nut, and
get
> 100 foot pounds, and you use the same torque wrench on a lubricated nut,
and
> tighten it to 100 foot pounds, are you saying that the lubricated one is
> "looser" than the rusty one? How can there be difference in that
situation,
> compared to, say, a rusted nut versus a brand-new, shiny, non-lubricated
> nut? Wouldn't the new nut be more prone to come loose, following this line
> of reasoning?
>
> apbloom
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "jonathon" <jemery@execpc.com>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 9:31 AM
> Subject: Re: [MV] deuce lug nuts
>
>
> >
> > >My conclusion about antiseize- if used in bus service, almost
continuous
> > >usage with frequent starts and stops, my main concern would be lugs
> > >loosening and I would not use antiseize. But with only occasional short
> trip
> > >usage, rusting is a much bigger concern. I think a typical "drive it a
> few
> > >times a month" MV would do just fine with antiseize. I'd still check
the
> > >lugs for tightness every few months, and before any longer trips.
> >
> > I and a number of friends use anti-seize on all lug nuts all the time
for
> > many many years in all kinds of weather and service from little cars to
> > medium sized dump trucks and have never, ever had any problem or even
hint
> > of problem. Seems to me it's the friction from the taper that does more
to
> > keep the nut on than anything to do with the threads.
> >
> > But then..... your mileage may vary.
> >
> > later,
> >
> > je
> >
> >
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