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Originally Posted by mjk3888
If you also put anti seize on your wheel studs be sure to adjust your lugnut torque down to 120 instead of 140.
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120 sounds high to me for this scenario. Typically, with a greased threaded fastener, you want to reduce your torque value by 25%, or in this case down to maximum 105 ft-lbs. 120 on a greased wheel stud is probably OK to apply a few times, but there's a chance that each time applying that torque permanently stretches the stud a tiny little bit just like a torque-to-yield fastener. Eventually, the stud will start necking which is the point where the stud no longer can react the clamp load to hold the wheel on. If you lose clamp load on your lug nuts, you're gonna have a bad time.
The safest thing to do is get the grease out of your threads (both stud and lug nut) and go back to 140 ft-lbs. That takes all the guess work out of making sure you aren't damaging your threads over time and that you're applying the right clamp load to hold the wheels on.