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

[WILLIAM B LAWRENCE]

I’ve found that a tube of antiseize anywhere in the garage wil eventually spread to cover everything else in the garage. It has its uses, but you need to be careful and sparing with it or you will find it everywhere...
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From: Healeys <healeys-bounces at autox.team.net> on behalf of John Vrugtman <javrugtman at htcnet.org>
Sent: Monday, May 11, 2020 12:31 AM
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Subject: Re: [Healeys] The Saturday Night Rant - Part III Knock offs

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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