Rusted on steel winter rims
03-23-2012, 10:23 PM
#21
Yup, we know it happens ! All ya got ta do is put it on a 5/16 bolt and nut in a vise and compare it happening.
03-23-2012, 10:40 PM
#22
Got some work done at a shop and they put antiseize on the front lugs. Drove the car someplace that day or the next day after and when I get there there's a couple of lugs gone off the front - would have been a good time if I'd lost a wheel because I was running up around 90mph. That's close enough for me - I ain't ever using that stuff. If the threads are rusty I'll wire brush them and maybe some light oil like 3n1 or whatever.
I've never had any issues when I used anti-seize on the threads.
03-23-2012, 10:53 PM
#23
Senior Member
It was a performance shop that did the work - they were installing headers and found some front end work for themselves to do while they were at it. When I picked the car up the guy mentioned that he put antiseize on there like it was some kind of a big deal - maybe they slopped too much on but it did lose a couple of lugs like I said and in countless years of driving and working on my cars I've never really needed to use anything on the lugs so I could get them off later.
That's just been my one time experience with it but it's enough to say never again for me anyway.
03-23-2012, 11:33 PM
#24
Aluminum rims would have been 90 - 100 ft lbs or thereabouts.
It was a performance shop that did the work - they were installing headers and found some front end work for themselves to do while they were at it. When I picked the car up the guy mentioned that he put antiseize on there like it was some kind of a big deal - maybe they slopped too much on but it did lose a couple of lugs like I said and in countless years of driving and working on my cars I've never really needed to use anything on the lugs so I could get them off later.
That's just been my one time experience with it but it's enough to say never again for me anyway.
It was a performance shop that did the work - they were installing headers and found some front end work for themselves to do while they were at it. When I picked the car up the guy mentioned that he put antiseize on there like it was some kind of a big deal - maybe they slopped too much on but it did lose a couple of lugs like I said and in countless years of driving and working on my cars I've never really needed to use anything on the lugs so I could get them off later.
That's just been my one time experience with it but it's enough to say never again for me anyway.
03-24-2012, 01:22 AM
#25
Senior Member
It was a so called performance shop run by one guy who raced and a few employees - they would have known about torquing the lugs on expensive aluminum rims or any rims for that matter. They also knew that the car was run at Mosport which is a fast track with a 3/4 mile straight where my car tachs out at 150mph - however, I wouldn't run there w/out checking everything myself first. The lugs came off a few days after I got the car back - maybe they did leave some of them loose - but after that I looked into it and most of what I found said don't use antisieze. The other thing is that I've never had a problem getting lugs off anyway unless its some rusted heap that's just fit for scrap. So I'm gonna err on the side of caution with this one.
03-26-2012, 09:49 AM
#28
It was a so called performance shop run by one guy who raced and a few employees - they would have known about torquing the lugs on expensive aluminum rims or any rims for that matter. They also knew that the car was run at Mosport which is a fast track with a 3/4 mile straight where my car tachs out at 150mph - however, I wouldn't run there w/out checking everything myself first. The lugs came off a few days after I got the car back - maybe they did leave some of them loose - but after that I looked into it and most of what I found said don't use antisieze. The other thing is that I've never had a problem getting lugs off anyway unless its some rusted heap that's just fit for scrap. So I'm gonna err on the side of caution with this one.
I never used anti-seize on my M3 lugs but it's a good idea for most passenger cars. Just a little goes a long way. It doesn't take long for metals to rust or corrode in the right conditions, even on new cars.
03-26-2012, 06:23 PM
#29
Senior Member
not the safest thing in the world but when my wheels rusted to the hubs/studs I used to take all the lugs off the wheels, put the car/truck on level ground and do a quick burnout - always broke them loose.
Again - not saying it's safe, just that it worked for me (I always did it in an empty parking lot or somewhere that nobody could get hurt!)
Again - not saying it's safe, just that it worked for me (I always did it in an empty parking lot or somewhere that nobody could get hurt!)
03-26-2012, 06:26 PM
#30
Senior Member
not the safest thing in the world but when my wheels rusted to the hubs/studs I used to take all the lugs off the wheels, put the car/truck on level ground and do a quick burnout - always broke them loose.
Again - not saying it's safe, just that it worked for me (I always did it in an empty parking lot or somewhere that nobody could get hurt!)
Again - not saying it's safe, just that it worked for me (I always did it in an empty parking lot or somewhere that nobody could get hurt!)
