LOL Used car went to the wreckers, 2 days later an 18 wheeler decided to take a bite out of the new one!

 

Anti Seize on my caliper slides?? that would be all swahili to me ...and ya kinda hard to "forget" to put the lug bolts back on.

Reminds me of a friend I had when I was younger that would always work on his motorbike and somehow there were usually a couple screws left over after he was done working on it and he would just shrug his shoulders and say "oh well must not need them".

Wonder if he's still alive.

As for those lug nuts ...I try not to have parts that have come off not going back on if you know what I mean. </font>[/QUOTE]It's some silver **** that keeps things from seizing up, hence: Anit-Seize. It's like the opposite of LocTite. N/M

Oh, and I didn;t mean that I hope you remembered to put your lugs back on....That's just common sense, and if you didn't, I would have to laugh no mater how fast you were going when the tires came off. What I meant was, I hope you put AntiSeize on the lug studs(the really big bolts that you put your wheels onto, and then tighten your lug nuts to them) because it just makes life a whole lot easier next time you go to pull your wheels.

 

And what's wrong with having parts let over after doing something?

I ALWAYS have spare parts.

I figure, if I can't remember where they went, they weren't important enough to be there in the first place.

 

Rear drums are easy...

 

I think that it is NOT recomended to put anti-seize on the lug bolts. They will not stay torqued properly. The anti-seize may lubricate them enough so that they back off.

Any auto mechanics know wether this is right or not?

CM

 

^ hahahaha.

Dude, lemme tell you something. Not trying to be a dick or anything....but I've been doing that since I was first being taught how to work on cars...so close to 11 years ago now.....I've never once even heard of anything like that hapening.

Anti-seize is not a lubricant...it's made to protect the metals that it comes in contact with, from rust or any other kind of corrosion.

Also, unless you have something real special for a car like a top fuel dragster, how many people, even licenced mechanics, do you think actually torque down their lugs? I don't know a mechanic that does this.

You use an impact gun untill the lug nut doesn't move anymore then MAYBE give it a crank with a tire iron.

 

Mabye if they actually did their jobs properly they would.

Why is it that when tires are installed on a big rig they must be re-torqued afeter 5k?

 

^Probably because its a regulated duty. And a good idea. There has been a few semi tires go off while at highway speed...you can imagine the damage.

I use a little anti-sieze on our car studs also. Around here with the salt and corrosion there's a greater chance of those buggers rusting on than falling off when torqued on properly.

[ November 17, 2004, 06:28 PM: Message edited by: Fever ]