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Subject:Re: ??? LUG NUTS & FRETTING CORROSION???
From:Andrew Grebneff
Date:Tue, 5 Sep 2000 22:51:48 +1200

On a 57 Split I once bent a cross-type lugwrench so that the arm ending in
the socket used was twisted almost 360 degrees. I had to stand on it to get
that nut loose! After that I used Coppercote, a grease containing powdered
copper. Never seized again.

Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin, New Zealand
VW & mollusc nut
1969 Kombi with Corvair 2.4 & Powerglide
1984 Caravelle 3.8 Holden V6
1984 Mitsubishi Galant Sigma 2.0 (FWD)
1986 CE80 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX diesel
1989 CE90 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX diesel van/wagon
1989 CT170 Toyota Corona Select 2.0 diesel