Sometimes I'll put a little grease on the studs but that's it. Anything that threads into aluminum gets antiseize.

 

I only put a little on the first few threads.

 

Are you guys high your not supposed to have anything on wheel studs. When you attempt to torque them you are over tightening, Any liquid on the studs is a friction modifier, clean the studs with a wire brush, The only wheel NUTS which are allowed to be lubed are the ford superduty and seldom years of f150s.

 

I'm high.

 

Yeah, it was slobbered on and could be they didn't even tighten the nuts. Front springs were in upside down and the rear shocker bolts were not much more than finger tight. This was from a "performance shop" and they tried to argue that maybe the labels on the springs were on upside down from the factory. Should have shot the bastard right there. Can't buy Brillcream anymore either...lol

That's pretty much my understanding of it.

Only time I've had a problem getting them loose in 9000 years of driving was when some retard at a tire shop impact gunned them enough to slow the rotation of the earth by a day or two...lol

 

LOL! That's why I take my rims off and bring them in another vehicle if I have to bring them in for tires....had that happen one too many times.

And on topic, I usually put a small dab on each stud once a year if they start hanging up. Never had them back out or get loose on me.

-Ron

 

The last tire rotation was at the dealer. I had to use a breaker bar and 3 ft pipe to get some of the lugs loose. I do agree that if you slather it all over you can have problems. That is why I just put a little on and not every time.

 

My wife had a new tire put on at Walmart (yes I know.... it was a Saturday, everyone was closed.) About a week later, the tire flew off the car while driving to get 2 of my teeth removed. Luckily it wasn't on the way back while I was sedated. The suspected culprit was never seize slathered on the lug bolts (Kia Rio). I don't trust any type of lube on the lug nuts. Just follow the manual and let it roll.

 

Some of you people give the worst advice ever lol...


Torque your lugs properly with nothing on them.

Use the following tool to do it properly.




65 ft/lb(90 Nm)-Green
75 ft/lb(100 Nm)-Black
80 ft/lb(110 Nm)-Yellow
90 ft/lb(120 Nm)-Red
100 ft/lb(135 Nm)-Blue
110 ft/lb(150 Nm)-Orange
120 ft/lb(160 Nm)-Grey
130 ft/lb(175 Nm)-Maroon
140 ft/lb(190 Nm)-White
150 ft/lb(200 Nm)-Light Blue


Your owners manual states 150ft/lbs for your F150.

 

Thats why you reduce the torque by 25% when you use lube!

Looks like the spec on my 09 F150 is 150 ft/lb, I put them at 115, + 6 for the extension ( remember to add 1 ft/lb for every inch of extension you use )

Not that it means much, but as a teen back in the days in SE WI, doing the tire changing jobs, every store I worked at had it as the official policy to use anti sieze on all vehicles all the time.

I remember the Super Duty duallies being a major issue for a while around 2000, if you didn't antisieze the hubs on the rear axle with their alloy rims, you'd have to beat the rims off the truck with a rubber sledge. It brought much suckage.