It seems to me that the key here is "just enough grease to keep away corrosion, and not so much grease to float the nuts off the threads". I generally put a little yellow anti-oxidation grease on and with the threads with a rag to coat it and remove the excess. John '90 Vanagon "Geldsauger"
>Yeh, I agree with Eric, I was greasing ball joints on my wife's toyota the >other day and nearly got hernia trying to get the lug nuts off. They had >never been greased. I usually put a small bit of white grease on the threads >to prevent this and then tighten em down really good. Never had a problem >with loose wheels. >Steve |
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