[Healeys] Part III Knock offs

[Bob Spidell]

Yeah, I learned the 'put the spinner on the hub trick' eventually, but 
sometimes in the heat of battle you forget.  And, yeah, putting the 
grease on the wheel hub is the way to go, then take the wheel off and on 
a couple times to distribute it (wipe off any excess).

I have a name for the shirts with the circular grease stain: 'rags.'

Bob

On 5/10/2020 8:22 PM, Chris Dimmock wrote:
> Hi Bob,
> Here’s my best 2 pieces of advice.
> 1. Always put the spinner back on the hub as soon as you remove the 
> wheel, and you’ll avoid circular grease stains on the front of your 
> shirt, and
> 2. Clean the splined hub, spinner and the wheel.
> Apply a thin smear of grease to the 4 tapered faces. Apply some grease 
> to the internal splined section of the wheel (not to the exposed 
> splines on the hub!)
> Then, when you push the wheel back onto the splined hub, any excess 
> grease is pushed out to the spinner end, where you can easily wipe it 
> off.
> Your Healey will like you, because you won’t have a heap of grease 
> dripping down the spokes on the inside of the wheel, and your wife 
> will like you, because your shirts stay clean. 😂
> Best
> Chris
>
>> On 11 May 2020, at 12:47 pm, Bob Spidell <bspidell at comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>  I struggled with this quandry for years (partly because I got tired 
>> of having all my work clothes having a circular stain on them).  As 
>> noted, anti-seize is intended for and most useful for threads where 
>> grease would get cooked off, like spark plugs; it's not intended to 
>> be a good lubricant, even though, like most greases, it's oil with a 
>> thickener (moly, lithium, etc.).  I believe even the best splined 
>> hubs will have a teensy bit of ratchet-like movement, and since the 
>> hubs don't get all that hot grease would be the better lubricant.  I 
>> usually use wheel bearing grease, as it's thicker, designed for warm 
>> applications and persistent.
>>
>> Bob
>>
>> On 5/10/2020 7:16 PM, Perry via Healeys wrote:
>>>
>>> My understanding is that anti seize was developed for higher 
>>> temperature threaded connections along with a few other things long 
>>> ago..
>>>
>>> If you look at recommendations from manufacturers of splined 
>>> connections, like the slip joint in driveshafts, they say to use 
>>> grease.
>>>
>>> Sent from Mail <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for 
>>> Windows 10
>>>
>>> *From: *Roland Wilhelmy <mailto:sentenac.rw at gmail.com>
>>> *Sent: *Sunday, May 10, 2020 9:54 PM
>>> *To: *Perry <mailto:healeyguy at aol.com>
>>> *Cc: *healeys at autox.team.net <mailto:healeys at autox.team.net>
>>> *Subject: *Re: [Healeys] Part III Knock offs
>>>
>>> Maybe anti seize hadn't been invented when the manual was written.  
>>> Anti seize surely does get onto every surface once you apply it in 
>>> one place.
>>>
>>> -Roland
>>>
>>> On Sun, May 10, 2020, 6:48 PM Perry via Healeys 
>>> <healeys at autox.team.net <mailto:healeys at autox.team.net>> wrote:
>>>
>>>     Yes this could turn into an all familiar thread on oils however
>>>     lets just go back to what every factory service/workshop manual
>>>     all say about the maintenance or service of the wire wheel
>>>     splines, “A little grease should be smeared upon the splines and
>>>     cone faces of the hub and wheel before refitting.”
>>>
>>>     Perry
>>>

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