My personal experience has been that silicone turns to a very sticky jelly
when used to seal the spokes inside the grease cavities. When that happens,
it's a real chore to get it out. Perhaps it was just the brand I used, but I
thought silicone was silicone.
I have found that brush-on body sealant such as that available at body shop
supply houses is impervious to wheel bearing grease and works well to keep the
grease from creeping up the spokes. You do have to make sure you clean the
surfaces well before using the sealant, though.
Steve Byers
HBJ8L/36666
BJ8 Registry
Havelock, NC USA
----- Original Message -----
From: Bob Spidell
To: healeys@autox.team.net
Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2005 11:55 PM
Subject: Re: Hubs and Splines
re:
"have used creeps out due to heat and centrifugal force and goobers up your
spokes"
I use a little clear RTV to seal up the spokes inside the wheel hubs to keep
the
grease where it belongs.
bs
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Bob Spidell San Jose, CA bspidell@comcast.net
'67 Austin-Healey 3000 '56 Austin-Healey 100M
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Subject: Re: Hubs and Splines
>I have come across some wire wheels that were pretty much welded on the
hubs
> in the past, use of heat has been suggsted for taking them off as well.
I
> have not had that problem since I discovered PB Blaster, which is good at
> getting corroded on parts off, better than WD40 in my experience.
>
> As far as keeping the new in good shape I have generally used high temp
> wheel bearing grease. I have also tried anti sieze compound the stuff
they
> make for keeping nuts and bolts from corroding on. One advantage to
this,
> on a hot day on te highway the wheel bearing grease, at least the stuff I
> have used creeps out due to heat and centrifugal force and goobers up
your
> spokes, the anti sieze does not. Neverlethess I currently use grease,
just
> because it is handy and tried and true.
>
> Greg Lemon
> 54 BN1
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