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Do you anti-seize lug nuts?

Make 'em silver?

  • Always

    Votes: 58 40.3%

  • Never

    Votes: 86 59.7%
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[486] said:
worse how?
studs are more expensive, so yes of course they are worse in the eyes of the accountant
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When chrome lug nuts get beat up and rusty they are inexpensive to replace. Wheel bolts?
Amazon lists 5 bolts at $22
Amazon lists 20 lug nuts at $17
 
Ebs said:
Nothing is more pleasing when fixing your eurotrash so you can get to work the next day than requiring multiple attempts at getting each wheel back on the car to finish the job.
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I'll send help


:flipoff2:

I normally throw them on in the correct orientation and don't mess with the alignment tool.
 
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M92PV4U said:
So studs are better than bolts on things like crankshafts heads and connecting rods, but somehow worse for wheel mounting?
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Everyone always complains about manufactures that make things overcomplicated.

A bolt needs 1 part.

A stud and nut is 2 parts.

The labor to install install a stud and a nut is double that of a bolt.

If half the fasteners in a car were studs instead of bolts, then that would add thousands of "unnecessary" parts. Bolts are fine.
 
M92PV4U said:
When chrome lug nuts get beat up and rusty they are inexpensive to replace. Wheel bolts?
Amazon lists 5 bolts at $22
Amazon lists 20 lug nuts at $17
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I'm talking at manufacture, tapped holes in the hub are cheaper than nuts, either one needs the externally threaded bolty thing

automaker dont give one single fuck about service
 
Lbhsbz said:
Everyone always complains about manufactures that make things overcomplicated.

A bolt needs 1 part.

A stud and nut is 2 parts.

The labor to install install a stud and a nut is double that of a bolt.

If half the fasteners in a car were studs instead of bolts, then that would add thousands of "unnecessary" parts. Bolts are fine.
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Not exactly. When you crossthread or damage a lug/stud, you pound out the stud and install a new one and a new nut. If you have lug bolts, you replace the bolt and the rotor, drum or hub that is now part of the wheel fastening system.
 
DMG said:
Not exactly. When you crossthread or damage a lug/stud, you pound out the stud and install a new one and a new nut. If you have lug bolts, you replace the bolt and the rotor, drum or hub that is now part of the wheel fastening system.
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automaker don't give one single fuck about service
 
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87manche said:
I have the studs in the cars and never use them.

you can't jam a wheel onto the hub and keep it pressed against it and put in a bolt one handed?
How do you even please a woman if you can't manage that level of manual dexterity?
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Give her money?
 
subybaja said:
True. I've been wondering when 100% glued-together non-servicable cars are going to get here.
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The caddy CTS (for example) has had the roof glued on for 20+ years. We discovered that when the antenna module which was mounted to the inside of the roof was ungrounded on some of them. Not only glued but no metal to metal contact.
 
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Oh the horror.

I hope nuns dont die:flipoff2::flipoff2::flipoff2::flipoff2:
 
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