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anti-sieze & lug nuts



Do you adjust the torque setting when using anti-sieze?  I always though the
torque specs are given 'dry', and don't know how/whether to compensate.

Bob
77 Scout II
70 Spitfire Mk III  100-mph ?

>Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 17:12:42 -0400
>From: Richard Welty <rwelty@domain.elided>
>Subject: Re: Electrolysis
>
>At 04:43 PM 9/29/98 -0400, Daniel Nees wrote:
>>   Would using an anti-sieze cause the nuts to back off easily? 
>
>shouldn't be a problem with a properly torqued fastener.
>
>i use anti-sieze regularly with lug nuts, on cars that see 100+mph on road
>courses, and have never, ever had a properly torqued nut back off.
>
>richard




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