re. More on audi wheel bolts/studs/torque

[Ben Swann]

Well said - I have been using the stuff for years and never had a problem.
 The only problems I really have is when I aquire a car and the lugs are
literally galled to the hub.

If you are racing and swap wheels often, then perhaps this doesn't apply.

Ben

[Ok so why in my dealership in the UK do the techs put anti seize on the
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el bolts then????

I can understand the logic for race car applications but the average man
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 the street isn't going too impressed when he has to change a wheel in the
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pissing rain in the middle of winter and can't get the bolts off because
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ey have seized on. We all know that the standard wheel changin kit in cars
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is pathetic, thats why all sensible q listers keep a decent sized breaker
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ar and torque wrench in the boot!!!!

Iain]