rear wheel. is this axle fluid traveling through lug nut threads? do those look loose? It wipes off, kinda. Idk what the hell it would be.

 

New tires? Some places put antiseize on studs.

 

No, but that sounds dangerous to do. Although, I do have antiseize on the hubs. It was copper too. maybe... it got hot and pressure flowed out? or just washed out with some small clearance? Its been almost a year since i put the wheel on last

 

that would be my guess then. It worked its way out .

 

why would it?

 

Dangerous is probably overstating it, but if you put any kind of schmoo on your lugs, you're not going to get accurate torque values, and you do run *a* risk of having the lug nuts back off over time. I would be lying if I said I'd never done it, especially if I've got a lug with mangled threads, that I just needed to get home, but I've always swapped it out at the earliest convienience.

The Torque specs on lug nuts/bolts is specifically a "Dry" Torque.

If you put schmoo on the threads, and torque it down to the dry spec, you could very well be applying far more torque to the fastener, than it was designed for.

 

yes. Ive gotten anti seize on the threads while doing the hub surface but I usually wipe it off good.

The apart im most worried about is the fact it hasn’t done this before but I have been driving 80+ mph shots on the freeway lately and I would be lying to say it hasn’t been high winds+raining+ lots ot heavy braking or hust otherwise cool mornings and hot days so thermo cycling. I suppose all that is possibly contributing.

 

I'm going to say antiseize as well. I use it on my Super duty with no problems. Been doing it for years. I've been from Maryland to New Orleans, several trips to Massachusetts, North Carolina, all with no problems. If you have gear oil leaking it will be all over the inside of the rim