Max,
Some suggest using grey anti-seize instead of grease so when it gets on the
spokes, you don't notice it (painted spokes, that is). The suggestion of
using silicone to seal the spokes is fine, except that some have noted that
if water does get in the hub, it will then have no ready way to get out due
to the silicone seal.
John Reynolds
1979 MGB w/wire wheels (in restoration)
-----Original Message-----
From: Max Heim [mailto:mvheim@studiolimage.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2000 12:41 PM
Cc: MG List
Subject: Re: Wire wheel conversion
Charley & Peggy Robinson had this to say:
>Hi Stephen,
>
> I have wires on my '69 B. I love the look of wires. I
clean them all
>the time because the anti-sieze leaks thru the spoke holes.
Wires can
>be knocked out of true by a chuck hole. That's when you
find out all
>the spoke adjusters are rusted solid. Then you go looking
for a used,
>true, wheel with good splines. Er, and the right spline
pitch for your
>year car. Yessir, I looove wires!
>
Where are you using anti-seize? On the splines? I have
always used
multi-purpose grease. I could understand using anti-seize on
the spoke
adjusters, but how would you get it in there, except by
totally
disassembling a new wheel (before they all froze up)?
Anyway, to keep the spline lube from leaking through and
dirtying your
spokes, just coat the inside of a freshly-cleaned hub with a
thin smear
of clear silicone sealer over the spoke heads (or blue or
black or copper
silicone -- it doesn't show). I got this tip from the Moss
catalog.
--
Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the red one with the silver bootlid.
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