Got Silicone Grease???, Do you lube your wheel lugs? |
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Got Silicone Grease???, Do you lube your wheel lugs? |
JeffBowlsby |
Jan 2 2004, 10:38 PM
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914 Wiring Harnesses Group: Members Posts: 8,524 Joined: 7-January 03 From: San Ramon CA Member No.: 104 Region Association: None |
Volume 6, page 4.1-2/1 (where did these germans ever learn to number pages (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) ?) of the factory manual says under 'Wheel Change':
"Observe the following: 1. Coat ball surfaces of wheel bolts with an MoS(sub2) paste. (Type 914/6 has wheel nuts.)" What is this paste? I have heard previously it is silicone grease. Is that correct...I am not a chemistry guy... Not that I would ever buy any, much less look for any in the stores... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) but just on a whim...I went looking for 'silicone grease' at FLAPS. They had wheel bearing grease, synthetic grease, white (lithium) grease, red grease...but no silicone grease. When ever I have removed wheel lug bolts from my alloy Fuchs or Mahles, the bearing surfaces of the bolt and wheel are shiney...so there must be movement there. Does anyone else use a wheel lug lube like the factory manual commands? What kind, brand name, why, and where to get it...? Woulnt the lube prevent a necessary binding action (torque) between the bolt(nut) and wheel, potentially causing wheel loss? I know the lube goes on the bearing surfaces...not on the threads... Your thoughts...esteemed colleagues... |
ArtechnikA |
Jan 3 2004, 07:54 AM
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rich herzog Group: Members Posts: 7,390 Joined: 4-April 03 From: Salted Roads, PA Member No.: 513 Region Association: None |
LubroMoly 48 is the MoS2 'Assembly Lube" anti-sieze. very light body, thixotropic (flows easily but doesn't drip once you've put it somewhere). i use this on lots of things, especially wheel studs. and EVERY TIME when i'm using the alloy lug nuts... it can take the brake heat. (if you've got dried, hardened, pasty stuff in there, get in there with some brake cleaner and a brass-bristle brush and get it out - it's doing you no good...) yes, IMO, put it on the threads and the lug mounting surface. be aware that it WILL STAIN clothing so you need to be careful around the stuff where you use it...
LubroMoly 508 is the copper-based "Hi-Temp" stuff. i use a VERY, VERY thin film of this on spark plug threads. (I've seen a Porsche TSB where they don't like anti-sieze on spark plug threads, because it 'might' cause grounding issues, but my philosophy is that i've never seen anything like a bad spark plug grounding issue, the copper is a conductor, and it's my heads i'm trying to save...) i've been a big fan of LubroMoly for a long time. |
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