Stainless Steel Lug Nuts----Don't Use Them!
Some of you may remember an earlier post of mine where I had galled all the lug bolts on my 5th wheel. After a month of many problems I won't bore you with, we solved the problem. Turns out, about...
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My experience with wheeled vehicle anti-seize compound comes from my military experience. Wheeled vehicles had what is called the "dash 10" manual, it described EVERY maintenance function of that vehicle and in every one was a "May cause Death of Injury" statement that said DO NOT USE anti-seize on the lug nuts. The reason I learned in physics class: a screw or bolt is a simple tool (lever, inclined plane, etc.) and in this case is an inclined plane wrapped around a shaft. So if you unwrap it and imagine the nut bearing surface also unwrapped and bearing down on the inclined plane you will see that you want NO lubrication between those surfaces. It could cause slippage when torquing them together beyond what it should be and also the possibility of unloading due to lubrication. Torquing is a DRY function of tightening I was taught.
