Miata Mailing List: October 1994, Message #26
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   From: "Kate W. Hughes 607/974-3861" 
Subject: Thanks re: stripped lugs
   Date: Mon, 3 Oct 1994 11:59:00 -0400

    Brian wrote:
    >I took the
    >net-advice and started using permatex anti sieze on the threads of it,
    >and now my Miata.  I haven't had a bit of trouble since.  I think the
    >probability of crossthreading a wheel nut is much more probable when 
    >the car is hot, so letting it cool after arriving/competing might be
    >a good idea too.  
    
    	I bet that's a big part!  The car had just come off of 3 runs in a 
    row on a 75-second course!  Unfortunately, I had to catch a plane in 2 
    hours and I had a two-hour drive to the airport, so we couldn't wait.  
    Next time I'll consider the value of cooling the car.
    
    ....and Tom wrote
    
    >Didn't strip one.  But last weekend, I was changing my tires for an
    >autocross, and one of the wheel studs broke.  Half was still in the
    >lug nut....It did not appear that the nut was cross threaded.  I 
    >looked more as if the stud as seazed in the nut.  I am still wondering 
    >if some anti-seaze compound would have prevented it.  I use a torque
    >wrench, so over-torquing should not have been a problem.
    
    	One of mine ruined the threads, the other broke right off.  I use a 
    torque-wrench, too.
    
    	It sounds like never-sieze will become a permanent resident in my 
    autocross box.
    
    Thanks for the help,
    Kate