Random Thoughts - Part Deux [NO POLITICS]

[krayzie]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Where in the hell is THAT ......

Not to worry, your battery can't feel "wind chill".

Rob Ford Country here.

Well the car managed to start on its first try.

It was the iPod Classic that died lol! Maybe I should put all six iPod socks on it for tonite.

[cjd]

Originally Posted by Teseo

Now im using a pie size of anti seize, i will report when tires rotation were done

I still don't understand how people snap studs so often. I had over 50 events,which means 2x swaps each time, plus a few winters and random other work in the car with wheels off. So weird. Maybe constant swapping is the key? Or the fact I only put about 5000 miles on stock lugs?

Can you get the ARP studs? Stock length. Might be better than anti seize, which could lead to stretched/snapped lugs at factory torque values.

[Cole]

Amazing that a small-town hardware store had exactly the bolts and nuts (had to get 3/8 washers instead of 1.25, but that's fine). Now I need to find enough wood to pile under my front wheels to be able to get to the header/op joint.

[Teseo]

Originally Posted by cjd

I still don't understand how people snap studs so often. I had over 50 events,which means 2x swaps each time, plus a few winters and random other work in the car with wheels off. So weird. Maybe constant swapping is the key? Or the fact I only put about 5000 miles on stock lugs?

Maybe you change tires before they got seized?
Anti seize works so far, i apply them with a Q-tips so doesnt get rust fast. I will rotate tires every 3k miles to see

[krayzie]

Whatsapp is dead bitches!!!

[Teseo]

Originally Posted by krayzie

Whatsapp is dead bitches!!!

Damn, no more nudes

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by cjd

I still don't understand how people snap studs so often.............

That confuses me too.

Over the past 70 years, I have taken and put on maybe thousands of wheels on tractors, hay wagons, trucks and cars and never used anti-seize or a torque wrench and NEVER had a stud snap off, or a lug nut that I couldn't get off. Nope, never had a wheel fall off either.




humfrz

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by cjd

I still don't understand how people snap studs so often.

Add me to the confused column. Not once, ever, have I buggered a wheel lug. And yes, I remove and reinstall my wheels regularly.

Not saying others are doing something wrong. It's just a real head scratcher.

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Cole

Amazing that a small-town hardware store had exactly the bolts and nuts (had to get 3/8 washers instead of 1.25, but that's fine). Now I need to find enough wood to pile under my front wheels to be able to get to the header/op joint.

Where's that picture of the guy welding under his propped-up truck?

[cjd]

Originally Posted by Teseo

Maybe you change tires before they got seized

Yeah, that's my theory. I should note I don't really drive the car in the winter either, so not a whole lot of the salt and garbage they put on the roads possibly getting into the works either. But it seems to be some type of chemical issue that's really the problem, not inherently weak studs. Then again, I hear noise that other Subarus also have stud issues...

Watch, I'll snap a whole mess of studs in the spring when I start working on the car now (I think about 324 miles on it...)

[Teseo]

Originally Posted by humfrz

That confuses me too.

Over the past 70 years, I have taken and put on maybe thousands of wheels on tractors, hay wagons, trucks and cars and never used anti-seize or a torque wrench and NEVER had a stud snap off, or a lug nut that I couldn't get off. Nope, never had a wheel fall off either.




humfrz

A factor to be considere is i overtight them, sometimes. Other factor could be is/was i used open lug nuts and got rusted more fast

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Teseo

A factor to be considere is i overtight them, sometimes. Other factor could be is/was i used open lug nuts and got rusted more fast

You're also on the ocean. I learned when I lived on Guam, how quickly everything rusts in salt air.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

Where's that picture of the guy welding under his propped-up truck?

ol @Cole at work .......


humfrz

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Teseo

A factor to be considere is i overtight them, sometimes. Other factor could be is/was i used open lug nuts and got rusted more fast

Here is my secret to tighten lug nuts........ if you're under 65 years old, it's two squeaks and one grunt ....... if you're over 65 years old ...... it's two squeaks and two grunts (both with dry nuts and studs) ........ using one of these .....

That's "lug nut tight".


humfrz