As long as no lubricant gets on to the mating surface of the lug and wheel, the only change would be to your running torque compensation (a little extra torque on your final value to provide for the friction of the threads)--probably not enough to make a difference @ the final torque value since our running torques are very low to begin with. It might make a difference with some types of fasteners which is where the caution might have come from. FL Kev an extra in a film titled "The Man from Torque"--no really, don't laugh...
--- John Laurenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Lubricating wheel lugs and bolts is a NO NO from > everything I have ever > read. You get false readings and over torque. > > hawke > > On 6/28/02 4:55 AM, "M. Bijl" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Last time I removed my front wheel, the wheel nuts > were very hard to > > losen up. > > When I put them back on, I put a little copper > grease on the thread of > > the nuts, After that I've always been able to > losen them easily. > > > > I do this trick on all nuts and bolts that need un > doing periodically > > and it works fine. > > > > Michel Bijl > > Kavelsloot 7 > > 1602 HG Enkhuizen > > > > E [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > T +31228318552 > > M +31651167711 > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com
