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Nice upgrades! I have the Lariat in the 502A package and decided not to do much to it. Just leveled it and went from 20 to 22 inch rims and upgraded the tires. My first truck purchase so I'm interested in seeing the different mod ideas.
Don’t be surprised if you start snapping lug studs after putting anti seize on them.
I change my tires twice a year so rust isn't a problem but thought I might try anti-seize this year. When mentioned about snapping the studs I thought that was crazy since I never heard that before so I went a looking to prove you wrong. Found a video and a guy had a meter to measure the pressure on a plate using a bolt and nut. He tried one bolt with no anti and one with anti. The nuts were torqued to the required amount for the size but the one with anti was at 90% of the pressure against the plate. I changed my mind about putting anti-seize on when I do my snow tires this year.
I change my tires twice a year so rust isn't a problem but thought I might try anti-seize this year. When mentioned about snapping the studs I thought that was crazy since I never heard that before so I went a looking to prove you wrong. Found a video and a guy had a meter to measure the pressure on a plate using a bolt and nut. He tried one bolt with no anti and one with anti. The nuts were torqued to the required amount for the size but the one with anti was at 90% of the pressure against the plate. I changed my mind about putting anti-seize on when I do my snow tires this year.
Yes, huge difference between wet torque and dry torque on threaded fasteners. Torquing a lubed stud to dry torque specs stretches the bolts to the point they may be compromised. People think I am nuts when I tell them.
Yes, huge difference between wet torque and dry torque on threaded fasteners. Torquing a lubed stud to dry torque specs stretches the bolts to the point they may be compromised. People think I am nuts when I tell them.
The Industry standard is 20% reduction for a "wet" torque.
Consider most people never had there torque wrenches calibrated or using a made in China torque wrench, or even putting them away under tension and you might be lucky to fall somewhere in this 20% range.
Most people's torque wrenches are off way more then they realize, but most cases just being torqued even is more important then the actual amount if close.
I used to do calibration in an Aerospace machine shop facility.
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