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Originally Posted by tracer bullet
100% this, DO NOT USE ANTI-SEIZE ON WHEEL BOLTS. You'll have a mess on your hands after you snap one off, hopefully while it is being tightened and not later on the road. The anti-seize lets you keep tightening and tightening because the threads aren't grabbing. Once you eventually, finally hit your torque value, the bolt can be stretched or worse.
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With Ti it's different. Ti has good tensile strength, but weak shear strength. So it can (generally) take the tension of being tightened with lubricant, but it can't take the shear of being tightened dry. Throw galling into the equation and you'll end up in a fine mess if you don't use antiseize.