# Anti-seize debate **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [March 27, 2020, 5:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/anti-seize-debate/161949 "2020-03-27T17:41:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 8
**Author:** ![Bugmenot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@Bugmenot](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Bugmenot)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2020, 7:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/anti-seize-debate/161949/8 "2020-03-29T19:39:44Z")
As mentioned above, there have been other discussions here on this topic. Back in a [thread from 2014- 2016](https://community.cartalk.com/t/antiseize-on-wheel-nuts-studs/87520), I posted a note that presented GM’s take on it that I’ll repeat here. _GM is against the use of lubricants on wheel studs. To quote from a GM service manual:_ _“Never use lubricants or penetrating fluids on wheel stud, nuts, or mounting surfaces, as this can raise the actual torque on the nut without a corresponding torque reading on the torque wrench. Wheel nuts, studs, and mounting surfaces must be clean and dry. Failure to follow these instructions could result in wheel, nut, and/or stud damage.”_ _and_ _“Do not use paints, lubricants, or corrosion inhibitors on fasteners or fastener joint surfaces unless specified. These coatings affect fastener torque and joint clamping force and may damage the fastener.”_ _One place where lubrication is specified is on vehicles with hub-piloted wheels where the wheel nuts are of the two-piece flange type. A small amount of oil should be used between the nut and flange, but not on the threads._ I’ll note that some people don’t consider anti-seize compounds to be lubricants (though some are labeled as such. They would be corrosion inhibitors in any case). That’s probably a whole other can of worms. --- _[View the full topic](https://community.cartalk.com/t/anti-seize-debate/161949)._