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when tightening and loosening the track nuts, the cone nuts sometimes come loose due to the fact that the track nut gets torqued up much more than you'll be able to with cone spanners at the cone nuts. try tighten the counter nut on the cones as hard as you can (a bit of cloth around the cone spanners usually helps me for more grip, less pain) and as advised earlier, hold the cone nut with a spanner when going at the track nuts.
some bike shops may have counter nuts for cones that have a ruffed up, antislip surface and 'bite'
a bit into the dropout. the on-one hubs have these for example, it might be a replacement idea.
please tell me how you get on with the dry lube for the chain. i found it rather suboptimal compaired to the gfinish line cross country oil. i guess, make sure you use plenty and often.