Grease / Anti on Wheels

[chefwong]

Never a huge fan of AntiSieze on exposed applications - in this discussed, the wheel hub .
Since I am removing the wheel, I am going to take the opportunity to remove on this *new car* the rotor retaining screw and put some anti-sieze on it

Snow shoes going on, summer shoes come back on in spring.
Given the frequency of removal : reinstall, would you bother putting grease/anti seize on the wheel hub.
Both do make it a slight bit more work on cleanup - when I take them off and clean them up for the next season.

 

[bullwinkle]

A really thin coating on the wheel hub to wheel center pilot bore is always a good idea-just keep it away from the lug nuts!

 

[CapriRacer]

I've always used neverseize on wherever the wheel and hub touch, being careful to avoid the threads.

 

[Jetronic]

Never a huge fan of AntiSieze on exposed applications - in this discussed, the wheel hub .
Since I am removing the wheel, I am going to take the opportunity to remove on this *new car* the rotor retaining screw and put some anti-sieze on it

Snow shoes going on, summer shoes come back on in spring.
Given the frequency of removal : reinstall, would you bother putting grease/anti seize on the wheel hub.
Both do make it a slight bit more work on cleanup - when I take them off and clean them up for the next season.

Yes I would. 6 months is ample time to rustifuse a wheel to a hub. Some makes are worse than others with this.

 

[Rand]

I spray with Krown or FF.
less messy than grease/seize if you get it on your pantleg etc.

 

[Overfill]

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[02zx9r rev2]

I put it on the hub after putting on new rotors and pads.

 

[incognito_2u]

I spray with Krown or FF.
less messy than grease/seize if you get it on your pantleg etc.

Á la SMA.

 

[fsdork]

I haven't applied anything during seasonal wheel changes - until this fall. The alloy summer wheels on our Tiguan were very reluctant to come off due to corrosion. I applied anti-seize to the face of the rotors (only where they meet the wheels), so hopefully the spring changeover is less of a pain.

As others have mentioned, don't put anything on the studs (or in my case, wheel bolts).

 

[RooflessVW]

I usually smear on some Red N Tacky

 

[Soft Cars]

I've always used neverseize on wherever the wheel and hub touch, being careful to avoid the threads.

I put anti-seize on the threads to prevent the threads from getting stripped.

Where the lug nut contacts the wheel is the friction needed to hold the wheel on.

 

[Sequoiasoon]

light coat of anti-seize where wheel meets hub bore and wheel touches rotor hat. I haven't had any issues with the studs/lugs since I torque them correctly. That gets done at least 2x per year for the seasonal change overs.

 

[Lubener]

Never a huge fan of AntiSieze on exposed applications - in this discussed, the wheel hub .
Since I am removing the wheel, I am going to take the opportunity to remove on this *new car* the rotor retaining screw and put some anti-sieze on it

Snow shoes going on, summer shoes come back on in spring.
Given the frequency of removal : reinstall, would you bother putting grease/anti seize on the wheel hub.
Both do make it a slight bit more work on cleanup - when I take them off and clean them up for the next season.

With the frequency you mentioned, I would not use anti seize on the wheel hub.

 

[VolkswagenFox21]

Copper anti-seize where the wheel meets the hub. Every time I get new winter tires I have to bring out the mallet next spring because no shop I've been to bothers with this step.

 

[Rogueman2016s]

When I lived where it would snow only on steel rims would I use anti seize never had an issue when it came to alloys.

 

[supton]

Always. The times I've not, I've regretted--"oh tire rotation is in only a few months". Yeah, you forgot, Toyota uses really tight clearance on their hub centric design. Quick wipe of sandpaper and some anti seize, done. Dab it back on going forward.

I try to avoid the studs but sheesh, I couldn't could color between the lines in kindergarten either.

 

[wpod]

I worked most of my life at a forklift dealership not only maintaining well over a 1,000 fork lifts both rentals and customer units we also worked on a fleet of our Ford vans company cars and 4 Class 8 vehicles, Anti seeze went on all all the wheel lugs etc

 

[repairman54]

In a salt zone, always use anti-seize. Beating rotors off is bad enough, at least you can get the tire off.

 

[chris719]

In a salt zone, always use anti-seize. Beating rotors off is bad enough, at least you can get the tire off.

I don’t know, maybe I’m lucky but never had a wheel stick on me in the northeast and I don’t use antiseize.

 

[Sequoiasoon]

Helping my neighbor with his 4Runner today. I let him take the wheels off. He got new tires about 1 year ago. Alloy wheels and Steel hubs on Hubcentric wheels. He was kicking back and forth, cursing etc. I showed him why after he finally got them loose.

Reminded him about changing a flat roadside, night, rain/snow. He said no F'n way I would gotten that if you didn't tell me.