Date:         Sun, 27 Sep 2009 10:01:18 -0700
Reply-To:     Courtney Hook <courtneyhook@SHAW.CA>
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From:         Courtney Hook <courtneyhook@SHAW.CA>
Subject:      Re: anti-seize
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Well the consensus in no. Having said that; I've been doing it since 1974
when I got my first VW Bug, and have never had any trouble. I put sparkplug
anti-seize on my sparkplugs; you can buy it as a stick. I also don't use a
torque wrench; I use my educated arm. I know I'm going to hell.
Courtney

----- Original Message -----
From: "Roger Whittaker" <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2009 9:38 AM
Subject: Re: anti-seize


> dear nuts
> i always apply a little bit of grease to the inside of the nut before i
> spin
> it on
> i have not been in the habit of anti-seize ... i mean just regular grease
> or some wheel bearing grease ...
> just a finger dab inserted inside the nut from the wheel side of the nut
> ...
> then later zoom off they come ..
> i have never had a wheel lug nut come off ever ...
> my personal rule is to tighten to feel then
> after i set the wheels back down to tighten once more just enough to make
> a
> squeak ..
> or if you have a tourque wrench tighten to spec...
> one word of caution ...
> i was taught when i worked in a tire shop to tighten in a star pattern
> instead of clockwise or anti clock wise
> so as not to unduly upset the brakes or something ...
> i do not know if this is true as such but i have always done this
> religiously
> ans so far no whells came off and no brake failure after wheel R & R
> yours
>
> On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 8:50 AM, eric luebbers <a91syncro@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Quik question can I or should I use anti-seize on lug nuts?
>>
>> Eric
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> roger w
> From Proverbs:
> Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up: a
> servant who becomes king ...
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