leopold

I just got done with a front end brake job and tire rotation. What are peoples views/ideas on using anti seize on lug studs and even on brake caliper mounting bolts. I have done this for years with out problems.

Hollabakzach23

If it ain't broke don't fix it. If you've been doing it for years with no problems then why not?

schissler

there is no need if you torque evereything to the proper specs.

ummduh

There is if you live in the rust belt and ever want to get them off again. Also important is where the aluminum rim (if you have them) centers on the steel hub of the wheel bearing.

I grew up in WI and only recently moved here to CA. EVERYTHING I touch either gets lock tite or anti sieze lol..

I lock tite brake hardware. There have been tSB's in the past of caliper bolts backing out and literally falling off if you don't use threadlocker. (it's there from the factory, and if you buy new bolts it's already applied ) Unless you are talking about the slides.. in which case the threads get locktited and the slide gets actual caliper grease.

gDMJoe

If you live in one of the rust-belt states or where salt is used extensively as part of the winter snow removal process .....

In addtion to the wheel studs and caliper bolts, be sure to use the anti-seize on the wheel hub and centerbore flange.

Even if you don't live in one of the above areas, anti-seize does no harm and is a great insurance measure.

BTW ... Nowadays the wheel studs are lub'ed with anti-seize from the factory.
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Kattumaram

I use a little NevrSeez on all my vehicles providing the wheels are OEM or equivalent alloy types. Some after-market universal-fit wheels rely on only the studs to center the rim and recommend a specific torque value sometimes more or less than the OEM value for the vehicle with no thread lube of any kind.
I had a good-looking set of American Racing 16x7 powder-coated steel rims, black with a red stripe, on my old '85 Chevy C10 torqued to only 75ft/lb and no lube on the studs.
Whenever I had the wheels/tires balanced and rotated the dealer made me sign a disclaimer to set the torque value at 75ft/lb because the torque value for the standard stud was 90-100ft/lb, and he didn't want to be held responsible if the lug nuts spun off and a wheel along with them.

schissler

i've never had a wheel stud seize on me

i live in canada where your vehicle rusts out in 17 minutes off the lot, and theres so much salt on the roads in winter you might as well be driving on a beach.

Joe Rotax

Same here.

Picked up my car from a shop once and they'd put antiseize on the front lugs - damn things started getting loose a few days later and I just happened notice a nut was gone and caught the problem before a wheel came off - never again.

gDMJoe

Above the 49th parallel must be a truly magical / mythical place, eh?
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gDMJoe

That is possible -IF- it's slathered on and/or over used.

A little dab will do ya.
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