Dave, It's not that they'll fall off, they won't. It's that the grease reduces friction & actually causes you to over torque the bolts or nuts, causing the bolts or studs to over stretch. This weakens them.
Thanks, Tom Hargrave www.kegkits.com 256-656-1924 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of dave walton Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 7:54 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] front lug bolts 300SDL I've been greasing the lug nuts/bolts on all my cars for the last 40 years. Haven't had one fall off yet. I use anti-seize now because it is more politically correct that lithium grease. Same idea though. I do check that they are snug now and then. -Dave Walton On 1/16/07, Trampas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have broken and drilled a few in my time. My car still has long bolts, but > I use anti-seize, yea, yea complain all you want but I have never broken a > bolt that I installed. > > Trampas > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of John W. Reames III > Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 5:28 AM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Subject: Re: [MBZ] front lug bolts 300SDL > > On Mon, 15 Jan 2007, Werner Fehlauer wrote: > > And I suspect the bolts can stand a lot of abuse, because I've never had > one > > fail, even after I've undone a severely over-tightened one and then > > re-torqued it properly. The M-B bolts would probably withstand 150-200 > > lb-ft and still not fail, IMO. > > I've got to test this; I twisted the end off of a 1/2x3/8 "husky" adapter > trying to remove lug bolts that this happened to. A week of PB blaster and > a lot of prayer, and I will reconvene next weekend. I felt the bolt start > to twist, and saw the head kick sideways in the hole a little. I ordered > new shorty bolts. > -j. > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
