[Healeys] The Saturday Night Rant - Part III Knock offs

[John Vrugtman]

I hate anti-seize, maybe it works just fine for spline hubs, but I find 
it get everywhere, and it doesn't clean off easily, while grease does, 
and the purpose is to prevent the wheel from seizing, grease works OK.

John
64/66 BJ8s

On 5/10/2020 7:47 PM, Mirek Sharp wrote:
>
> Mike, I am still a little sceptical that something is still not quite 
> right.  No matter whether it was a Triumph, MG, Healey, Jag, Morgan or 
> anything else I have had the joy to work on, I have, after cleaning 
> the splines and threads (hub and knock-off), and coating with an 
> anti-seize compound,  always been able to tighten the knock-offs _by 
> hand or with a few light taps_ with a hammer to be able to eliminate 
> all play between the wheel and the hub.  When I am convinced it is all 
> seated properly, then I will give a few substantial whacks with a 
> copper or hide-faced hammer to tighten it up.  Driving will tighten 
> them the rest of the way.  You should not need to wail on the 
> knock-off to eliminate the play.  Given how critical a safety issue 
> this is, I would be inclined to disassemble it and fully investigate 
> the fit of everything.  Perhaps it is just tight threads – try 
> removing the wheel and threading the knock-off on – it should go all 
> the way on by hand.  If it doesn’t, there is your issue.  That should 
> be rectified because if the threads are not a good match, the tight 
> threads may prevent the knock-off from self-tightening.
>
> More work I know, but we all seem to have time on our hands.
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