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Originally Posted by MAXUM
It takes about 5 minutes per wheel to back out the lug nuts, spread a little mix of grease and a dab of anti seize on the threads and put them back on. It inhibits rust from penetrating and forming on the threads freezing them in place. Can help but not necessarily prevent cross threading as well.
Just have to make 100% sure they are always hand torqued to the correct spec, in fact that should be done regardless. Most techs use torque sticks with an impact wrench which do not work reliably, especially when they are thrown around or dropped on the floor, ruining their calibration.
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The lug nut issue I posted was about a chromed “cap” swelling and causing a slightly oversized nut. The normal lug wrench would not fit the nut resulting in the need to use a larger size socket which then would deform the soft cap making it difficult to remove. The threads on both the nut and stud were fine.