Quote Originally Posted by Jon Wehrenberg View Post
Lug nuts should not be lubricated. All torque values are for dry, clean threads.
In the early days of POG there was posted a lubed torque value. It was less than the dry value.

I think part of the stud, nut problem is the siezing and galing of the dry threads. I could be wrong but that is what I believe. Dry might be the convention, but I think it is wrong.

I would like to know the engineering principle involved in specifying dry, other than out in the field it is unlikly that a down and dirty tire repair facility or other individual removing and installing wheels would have and know how to use the proper lube.

JIM