Why would you put GREASE? If you INSIST on putting something, Antiseize is alot better solution than grease. However I want you to consider two scenarios:Originally Posted by primespark22
A.) Studs are greased and lugs wiggle loose, tire comes loose at high speed, causing lugs to shatter from the force and the wheel to seperate, crashing the hub into the road at high speeds with lots of force, causing a loss of control and who knows what else could happen.
B.) Studs seize up and snap when you're trying to remove them safely at home in the garage or when someone at a tire/lube shop tries to remove them. Either way, car is stationary somewhere that you can easily replace the lugs again.
Of course, you can prevent both of those by carefully keeping the studs clean and free of rust, making sure that the lugs aren't over-torqued which will cause the stud threads to lean over and cause the lug to fit loosely or cause them to cross thread. With some basic care the studs will be perfectly fine for longer than you'll probably keep the car.
Also: If all that happened was that his studs broke when he went home, he could have probably had them fix it. Most shops do not want the bad publicity or problems that come from that, considering how CHEAP the fix is. It would also not be that hard to prove, as long as there's paperwork showing they were the last ones to touch them, he goes to remove them and they snap, trust me that's easy to see a connection with.
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