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Several of us are in the process of knocking off the winter dust from our TR3's...and in the process pulling the wheels off to best clean the tires and wheels. We have a difference of opinion here. Should we put some type of lube on the splines of the hubs before putting the wheels back on. If so...what is the best lube? Thanks for the help. Gil
 
YES! I use Copper Ease, because I have it but I'm sure that a good quality bearing grease would work fine also. But definatly you need to lubricate them.

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Any anti-seize compound will work. (Same stuff you put on your spark plugs)
Use sparingly...Put a little on the face where the wheel meets the hub. Grease is OK, but in warm weather it tends to leak out the back.
FRank
 
I too use anti-sieze. Most auto parts stores sell it in an 8 oz bottle with a handy brush in the cap. Since it is silver in color perhaps any that seeps past the spoke connection will be less noticable (until it attracts brake dust).
 
I may just be prejudiced, but it seems to me that the silver stuff doesn't work as well as the copper-colored stuff. When I put new wires on the Stag, I carefully coated the splines and threads with the silver stuff, thinking as Geo says that it would be less noticeable if it got thrown out.

About a year later, one of the knockoffs was bound tight on the adapter. We had to work in shifts, beating on it with a BFH, as it was extremely tight all the way off. Didn't seem to be any real damage or corrosion, and it went back on easily after cleaning and coating with the copper stuff.

But that was on the way to VTR 2005; the engine blew up on the way home so I've never had the wheels off again. YMMV
 
i used to just use wheel bearing grease, because i had never heard of anti-seize compound.
this was several years ago, after learning the hard way about dry splines on wire wheels....
 
you can also put silicone on the hub where the spokes attach and that will keep the grease from slinging out and messing the wheels up and it also keep water out and from rusting the splines, did mine 4 years ago and my chrome wire wheels only get a little dusty
 
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