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[Qrdemol]

I have checked size of the holes on my trailer and they are 18.5mm. Studs on the hub are M14. What effect/ what forces will this effect on the wheel?

I am guessing lug nuts are centered on the cone.

Is this design correct?

 

[MintJulep]

"I wish there was a huge gap that can't fill with some way to prevent rust and then require a sledge hammer or heavy kicking to a vehicle up on a jack on the dark road side in the rain, when the flat tire most often occurs"

Oh wait.....

 

[3DDave]

I don't understand why that isn't used by the OEMs. Can I just slather heavy grease on the interface instead?

 

[MintJulep]

Most anti-seize is zinc dust mixed into some form of grease.

The zinc is there to work as a sacrificial anode, so anti-seize works better for preventing corrosion than grease alone.

Note: Don't use a zinc containing anti-seize if you have actual magnesium Mag Wheels.

 

[3DDave]

It's more a concern over lubricating a surface that constrains motion by friction.

 

[waross]

It's more a concern over lubricating a surface that constrains motion by friction.

????????

 

[3DDave]

Either it is friction between the face of the hub or interference with the diameter of the pilot that constrains the rim.

Which is it?

 

[XR250]

I just use grease where I can.. I find it impossible to use anti-seize without it getting on everything. It's like trying to portion some day-old, refrigerated rice on a plate.

 

[GregLocock]

Wheels I am used to use the hub as a centreing/load taking device until the nuts are tightened, when all loads are taken by friction between the back of the wheel and the vertical face of the hub.I don't remember seeing witness marks on the hub itself, or metal dust. Besides the danger of getting grease onto the friction surface, grease+dust=grinding paste.

 

[waross]

Which is it?

Once the hub has centered the wheel, the lug nuts, conical or spherical, may constrain motion.
Maybe not???

 

[waross]

Admitted, there are some lug nut designs with an captive washer that depend on clamping friction between the wheel and the hub flange.
I have never seen a concentric hub that developed enough friction to constrains motion by friction.
Maybe others have.
I would hate to have to remove a wheel with enough concentric hub friction to withstand acceleration and braking forces.