>Teriann J. Wakeman <twakeman@apple.com> says:
>Normal maintenence is easy. Every 6 months remove each wheel, clean the
>old greese out of the hubs, regreese them & put the wheels back on. Use a
> [...]
>Also, periodically take a hammer to your knockoffs to make sure they are
>tight. A loose hub will destroy the hub splines (it can be cheaper to
>buy a new wheel than to have the hub replaced). Also, if it gets lose
>enough, it can come off taking your well greased wheel with it.
Amen! My first car was a '68 GT6 with wires, about which I knew absolutely
nothing, including wire wheel maintenance. At the end of a high-speed
traverse across I-20 in west Texas, I slowed to enter an exit ramp. Upon
entering the ramp and applying the brakes, I heard a terrible grinding
sound coming from the right front area. (The sound was due to the wheel
spinning on the hub sans splines.) The effect of the stationary hub and a
turning wheel unscrewed the knockoff (left-hand thread) - and yes, it came
off and went on down the ramp without me. I limped on down on a brake
disk. MORAL - Maintain those wires!
Lee M. Daniels - Laboratory for Molecular Structure and Bonding - Texas A&M
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