Lug nut torque

Lubed of not?

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I always put grease on the threads and bevel. That way they don't rust tight and will come off when I need to remove them. Lately I've had to change a lot of flats on my trailers. These newer tires sure dry rot quickly.
 
Never seize has worked well for me too. Friend had a flat on his car trailer, he tore up the threads and had to replace the hub (no lube on threads). I have had a flat on cars and trailers, never had a problem hot or cold.
 
always check that the lug nuts don't protrude through the back of the wheel mounting holes,some lug nut holes are badly worn oversize.
 
Standard torque nowadays for a 1/2" fine thread lug nut is 100 ft. lb. I think Ford's steel alloy back then was as good as today's, and 50 ft. lb., to me, may let the wheel 'fret' a little and work its way loose. Borrow a torque wrench if you don't have one and torque a few lug nuts to 100 ft. lb., then loosen with the crank handle or whatever you normally use. See how it goes.
P.S. Harbor Freight has torque wrenches for $9.99 with a coupon from a magazine ad. I've tested them with an electronic torque gauge and they are within a pound or so at 100 ft. lb.
 
DANGER - INCOMING GEEK ALERT!!!

Just for fun, I chucked my lug wrench (normal Model A size) onto the digital torque meter here at work. Leaned on her like I was loosening a lug nut and measured darn close to 50ft-lbs. I could have pulled harder, but never remember doing so to loosen a wheel.

So for me, 50ft-lbs sounds good.

Always good advice to check prior to a drive.
 
I would imagine 100ft-lbs would just wallow thru the wheel....

Here we come a wallowing thru the wheel so tacoma cream,

(somebody fill in next line... and no alcohol was not involved!)
 
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