On wire wheels that "leak grease" I use the aluminum colored anti-seize. That
way the leak is less noticeable.
Larry Hoy
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Phil Bates [mailto:jello@ida.net]
>Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2001 11:14 AM
>To: Larry Hoy
>Cc: MG List
>Subject: Re: Wire wheel tube protection thingy
>
>
>On a related note, the endo of the spokes on the center can leak the grease
>that people put on the splines to keep things
>from seizing.
>If one wants to go to the effort, they can spread silicon on the spoke ends to
>seal that up too. Just be sure to do it
>before the wheel
>is balanced. This helps some with cleanliness, but they never stay very clean.
>
>Larry Hoy wrote:
>
>> I guess I gotta comment. I have wire wheels on my MGB. I've run them for
>about 4 years and don't use any duct tape,
>electricians
>> tape, or rubber bands; heck I don't even use tubes. What, you say? No
>tubes? Nope.
>>
>> I have newer Dayton wheels, when I purchased them I was able to specifiy
>"tubeless".
>>
>> So how do they do this? They use what looks like silicone. It is applied
>very liberally to the inside of the wheels
>over all the
>> nipples. It is done so uniformly that it appears to be done by a machine.
>It does not cover the part of the rim the
>tire seats on.
>> No flats, no leaks, no tubes.
>>
>> I have similar wheels on my Jaguar. One of those wheels broke a spoke. I
>took it to a wheel shop. He re-laced, and trued the
>> wheel, then re-applied silicone (by hand) and it has worked just fine.
>>
>> I don't know if this will work for an old MGB wheel. But someone might want
>to give this a try and report back to the list.
>>
>> Larry Hoy
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >From: owner-mgs@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-mgs@autox.team.net]On
>> >Behalf Of Larry B. Macy
>> >Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2001 6:34 AM
>> >To: Barrie Robinson; MG List; mgb-v8@autox.team.net
>> >Subject: Re: Wire wheel tube protection thingy
>> >
>> >
>> >My fairly recent experience was to use electricians tape. I got that advice
>> >from the list. I got new bands and they didn't help. Still had a flat after
>> >about a month of driving. The bands fit the center groove but not over the
>> >spoke nipples on the shoulder. That is where I was getting the wear on the
>> >tube. Electricians tape fixed it.
>> >
>> >As to how long it will last???????????????????
>> >
>> >Larry
>> >
>> >On 1/18/01 2:43 PM, "Barrie Robinson" <barrier@bconnex.net> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Has anyone harbour experience using duct tape wrapped around wire wheels
>as
>> >> protection against the tube chaffing? I have been told duct tape is
>better
>> >> than using the rubber thingys that they used in the past - (available from
>> >> Victoria British????)
>> >>
>> >> Regards
>> >> Barrie Robinson
>> >> barrier@bconnex.net
>> >>
>> >
>> >Larry Macy
>> >78 Midget
>> >
>> >Keep your top down and your chin up.
>> >
>> >Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
>> >macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu
>> >System Manager/Administrator
>> >Neuropsychiatry Section
>> >Department of Psychiatry
>> >University of Pennsylvania
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>> >
>> > Ask a question and you're a fool for three minutes; do not ask a question
>> >and you're a fool for the rest of your life.
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