Hmmm... Interesting
The article says that wire wheels are naturally tightened the correct
amount by simply driving forward.
I have often heard that one should not tow a car with wire wheels
backwards, or the wire wheels may come off. It stands to reason that if
running the car backwards loosens the wire wheels, then driving it
forward must tighten them.
Sounds like there is no maintenance issue with keeping the wire wheels
tight. Simply driving forward will keep them tightened the correct
amount. In fact over tightening them will cause the splines to wear.
Sounds like as long as you keep the splines greased, so they don't rust,
they should never wear out -- and let the forward motion of the car
tighten the wire wheels the correct amount.
I will check my wire wheels. I remember looking at two of them. One is
dry and worn out and the other is well greased and in good shape.
Interesting.....
Don Malling
Dave & Marlene wrote:
>
> LT,
> I don't think that you could be more wrong. The splines carry all of the
> torque. The inner & outer cones only keep the wheel centered. The cones
> could only drive by friction. The cones & splines definitely need to be
> greased. Check this out.
>
> http://www.vtr.org/maintain/wire-wheels-tightening.html
>
> Dave Russell
>
> Linden Thomson wrote:
>
>>
>> The discussion I have seen on this thread thus far about wheel hub
>> splines
>> ignores the fact that the drive is meant to be via the cone on the
>> axle hub
>> and the inner cone of the wheel hub, and via the outer cone of the
>> wheel hub
>> and the inner cone of the wheel retaining nut (neither of which should
>> be greased).
>> Very little, if any, torque is meant to be applied to the hub
>> splines. Any that is,
>> is the result of insufficient tightening (and checking of tightness)
>> of the retaining nut.
>> In other words, on properly maintained knock-on hubs, the splines will
>> not wear.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Linden
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