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Originally Posted by sandbagger
That is also why the wheel to hub interface along with the wheel bolts get a nice coat of antiseize any time they come apart. And NO it does not cause wheel bolts to back off and loose torque  |
The problrm isn't that there bolts will come loose, lubricating the thrrads multiplies the effective torque by about 1.33 so torquing to 100 ft·lb lubricated is similar to 133 ft·lb dry. Thus, the proper torque for X5 with lubricated lugs would be about 75 ft·lb. (which would just feel wrong).
With regular maintenance where a wheel comes off more than annually, I see no reason to put antiseize on the lugs. The only time I had problems taking off a lug is when the cone welded itself to the hub. That can't happen with floating cone lugs (well the cone still could weld to a wheel but it won't affect removal).
Hub, however, absolutely! I wire wheel and antisieze the hub every time I remove a wheel. I have had to resort to loosen the lugs and drive a car around to break a hub loose in the past.