Ask for Nickel Anti-seize.
Permatex is one brand:
http://www.permatex.com/products/prodidx.asp?automotive=yes&f_call=get_item&item_no=77124
Also, coat the inside of the wheel where the spokes come through with a tube
of silver silicone to prevent 'seepage'.
Jeff
'70B
----- Original Message -----
From: <bilking@comcast.net>
To: <MGTD1952@cs.com>; <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2003 6:11 AM
Subject: Re: Wire Wheels - Grease of Choice
> Sounds like Never Seize.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <MGTD1952@cs.com>
> To: <mgs@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2003 6:49 AM
> Subject: Wire Wheels - Grease of Choice
>
>
> : My wire wheels are currently lubricated with basic grease, and it looks
a
> : mess after many miles/months as it has seeped through the nipples. When
I
> first
> : purchased the car several years ago, the hubs/splines were lubricated
with
> a
> : silver colored materaial (not quite the consistency of grease) and even
> when it
> : seeped through the nipples it didn't matter much, since the silver color
> was
> : unnoticeable on the silver painted wheels.
> :
> : So, does anybody know of or use the silver colored lubricant? If so,
> : specific product name and source would be helpful? I looked through the
> auto parts
> : store and couldn't find anything, and the guy behind the service counter
> must
> : have just come back from his doober break cuz he was basically useless.
> (He
> : kept trying to sell me an attachment to my drill every time I mentioned
> "wire
> : wheel"!!!)
> :
> : Otherwise, what lube do you use, and how do you keep it from seeping
out
> (or
> : am I resigned to cleaning them every few weeks.)
> :
> :
> :
> :
> :
> : Steve in NJ
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