Quote from: Bob Gaines on February 29, 2024, 08:11:35 PM
Shelby Parts and Restoration used to sell stainless steel ten spoke /69 Shelby lugnuts . It was found out that you had to continuously re torque them as they frequently worked loose. Not the case with the chromed steel lugnuts.
A switch from carbon steel to stainless steel in a structural application, such as lug nuts, is going to have risks.
I don't know of any application where stainless steel is used for other then a cosmetic application. It is never used for a structural application.
Where it gets threaded together, it has problems with the structural integrity of the cut threads themselves.
The chromed steel lug nuts need anti-seize compound as well.
I actually think that 100lbs-ft of torque on stainless steel is over stressing the threads.