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Originally Posted by KevinW
this is something i have never properly understood.
On the little race car project i am involved in (although not mechanically), my mech engineering colleague has assured me that the pins on a knock-on wheel are for placement of the wheel only, and that all the drive torque should be provided by the tightly clamped friction between rear face of the wheel onto the hub face, and that this load is then spread over a large surface area. Hence ive been told the drive surface should be fitted dry.
But it seems on cobra knock-ons, everyone considers the alignment pins provide the rotational torque.
I would be interested to hear any comments on this.
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Your friend is correct, lube the threads only and sparingly. I have never had a knock off come loose or hard to get off except when the car was brand new in 1965 when I lost a left front knock off at 25 MPH on the street. The wheel stayed on Thank God, but after that I got a proper (heavy) lead hammer and started lubing the threads. Lubing the threads will help develop a greater clamp load on the hub surface too.