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Stud pilot wheel advice

Do you put anti sieze on the ball seat areas of wheel/lug seat contact area?  Or will this really throw off the torque values?
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The torque values don't work if you lube the ball, there would be less friction and more pressure would be on the threads
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The torque values don't work if you lube the ball, there would be less friction and more pressure would be on the threads
So is anti sieze consider a lubricant in this case?
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Definitely, basically graphite and oil.
1999 40 ft. U-320 wtfe build 5563 Chuck & Lynda's "Rollin' Inn"  2030 watts solar
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Thanks for the quick and accurate wisdom, wisdom Trump's all!
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Definitely, basically graphite and oil.
Welllllll . . .

The inexpensive Permatex stuff is graphite based.  The good Permatex stuff is 10X the price and is molybdenum based.  I've used both and if I'm short on cash I'll buy the small tube from the Honda motorcycle dealer.  Then again life time supply doesn't mean what it used to mean and a little moly goes a long way.
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Welllllll . . .

The inexpensive Permatex stuff is graphite based.  The good Permatex stuff is 10X the price and is molybdenum based.  I've used both and if I'm short on cash I'll buy the small tube from the Honda motorcycle dealer.  Then again life time supply doesn't mean what it used to mean and a little moly goes a long way.
I have been using Molykote for years as an anti seize, but it will mess with torque values big time.
1999 40 ft. U-320 wtfe build 5563 Chuck & Lynda's "Rollin' Inn"  2030 watts solar
prev. mh's 71 GMC 5 yrs. 73 Pace Setter 1 yr. 78 Vogue 5 yrs 81 FTX 40ft all electric 18 yrs. 1996 Monaco Signature 3 yrs.
2014 Grand Cherokee Overland
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Update got them all mounted and torqued, in about 4 hrs with rest breaks, rears are a pita, especially the inners even with a helper. Used masking tape to mark the inners as I torqued them. $10 or less 4:1 torque multipleir pictured
Old Phart Phred, EIEIO
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