Hopefully you mean you used it to smash in the face of the guy who did up your wheels too tight? I think it's ridiculous that if a garage got caught faking your reading on an MOT emissions test they can get shut down, but they can do up your wheels dangerously tight and you'd be lucky if they loosen them again for you.

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copper grease ftw

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So because price conscious car manufacturers opt not to do something that means there is no benefit? Peugeot skimped on a lot of things when they built cars, doesn't make it good engineering practice.

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Yup, most people do

It's not until you use a torque wrench the first time you realise how tight they really don't need to be, and all you're doing past that point is stretching the bolts and increasing the chances of them shearing, seizing or even worse all snapping when you're driving.

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That is exactly why they say "Clean both mating surfaces before applying a light smear of anti seize compound"

I myself like to use a rotary wire brush on the hubs as it removes rust scabs/old grease/paint residue etc. and a hand wire brush on the backs of the alloys as they are relatively soft. I then apply a thin coat of copperslip with a brush to both the hub flange and the wheel. I also put a little on the threads of the bolts. No wheel wobble, no dramas with siezed bolts and never a problem with anything coming loose. Not putting anti-seize on because there is a build up is cutting your nose off to spite your face. Un-coated steel/iron forced together under pressure will seize without something in between them, especially when you introduce water into the mix.

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I've always done the same, obviously of there's a s**t load already on the hub mating surface then clean It off and put fresh on, if it's fresh anyway, leave it on and just put a bit on the studs

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Here's one for you then, i've got copper slip on my wheel bolts but after a couple of sessions on track they are often loose. I torque them up to 62lbft, and have even tried higher torque to stop it happening, which helps but doesnt stop it. Suggestions?

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I torque them up with a torque wrench, at Oulton last year after a few sessions i had a knocking so went into the pits and they were finger loose on one of the wheels, and noticably looser on the other wheels when going round with the torque wrench to check the others.

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I've never had it calibrated, and yeah i always wind it right off before i put it back in its box.
I dont think it will be too far out in terms of calibration as its not had too much abuse and was bought new.

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That's thermal expansion for you, tighten them up while hot and you'll be fine. Normal rules for road wheels don't really work for track car. My wheel bolts got hot enough to burn my hands on my track car as heat from the discs soaked into the wheel hub making it expand. Aluminium expands at a different rate to steel, do I would reccommend a quick nip up of the wheel nuts after the each session.

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My wheel bolts are usually too hot to touch if/when i take them out at the end of the day to swap back to road wheels, the wheels are often a bit too hot to be touching too if i dont leave the car to stand for a bit.

I've made it a habbit now to keep checking the torque after each session so all is good.

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