Anti-Seize on Lug Studs, yay, or nay?

[livingez_123]

So where is the proof to prove that it's a bad idea?
hearsay is just that, one persons opinion that goes from person to person until it's so blown out of proportion it has nothing to do with the original statement. I will have and will always use a slight amount on my lugs. I have never had a wheel come off of anything I have owned. I just hope everyone uses it on their sparkplugs in the alum heads.

 

[NathanJax]

My dads a mechanic and has done it for 40 years. He's also done IMSA racing (like the 24hrs of Daytona, etc.) so if he tells me there's no need to put any on, then I'm not putting any on.

 

[SunlitComet]

So where is the proof to prove that it's a bad idea?
hearsay is just that, one persons opinion that goes from person to person until it's so blown out of proportion it has nothing to do with the original statement. I will have and will always use a slight amount on my lugs. I have never had a wheel come off of anything I have owned. I just hope everyone uses it on their spark plugs in the alum heads.

When did we get aluminum heads?

 

[livingez_123]

When did we get aluminum heads?

you don't, but I do and most everything after 00-01?
I still did it when I had the old SBC. anti-seize is a good thing to use on any head ( except the one in your pants, that's what they make a fire hose for)

 

[new2yukon]

use antiseize

Anti seize is not anti torque. I've used it on my car wheels for years and never an issue. Your wheel won't just "fall off" without you knowing it. If anti seize has you worried then put motor oil on the studs....but be careful since that slippery lug might allow the nut to come off...yeah..right..as if shops decrease every nut and bolt prior to installation?????

Use it and torque properly. I've never had a problem. Only broken studs from those I didn't apply it on. You choose....

 

[SunlitComet]

you don't, but I do and most everything after 00-01?
I still did it when I had the old SBC. anti-seize is a good thing to use on any head ( except the one in your pants, that's what they make a fire hose for)

Glad that applies to the gmt400 platform.

 

[MarkD51]

As I've heard some say about Anti-Seize, they say it's not a bad idea to perhaps place a light coating on a wheel hub.

I once owned a 1984 GMC 1 Ton Dually 4x4 that I bought used with 20K on the Odo.

At 21K, I flatted a front tire, luckily while I was pulling into a gas station. (God, that truck sure loved gas with 4.56 ratio front-rear)

I spent 25 minutes, trying with sledge hammer, and a 2x4 (so I wouldn't damage the rim) to try to get the front wheel off. And it never did come off that way no matter how hard I banged.

I had to replace all lugs, but leave them loose an 1/8", then drive around he lot like a maniac, with wheels cut, accelerating, and braking before that wheel finally broke loose.