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Originally Posted by cockerpunk View Post
you should never anti-seize a lug.

perhaps on the surface of the wheel against the hub to stop it from rusting on, but never anti-seize the lug itself. thats a really great way to have either failed studs, or vibrating them off.
Nope.

The smart solution is Anti-seize on the threads with metal to metal contact everywhere else.

The physics of this is that the hold friction is on the ball (or taper) of the lug and not on the relatively delicate threads.
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