Knock Offs
 

Any advice for treating the spinners on knock offs? Anti-seize on the base of the spinner? other? nothing?

Anti sieze on the last few turns of the threads too. Be very conservative with the application on the flat surface of the wheel/spinner. Too much and it will squeeze out and the stuff is nasty to clean up.

I have used Spinner-Eaze from Cobra Valley for well over a decade. Cobra Valley's Chemicals - Spinner Eaze Anti-Seize It is the easiest stuff to put on, easy to wipe off the excess, and it works very well. Better than the sticky paste, IMO.

Patrickt, I'd heard about Cobra Valley's Spinner -Eaze. Have you found a solvent that will cut the product for cleaning?

I've been using Spinner-Eaze from Cobra Valley for 6 years now and I won't use anything else. It wipes up with a rag I don't use any solvents.

It pretty much just wipes off with a rag. A little spray cleaner, like 409, cleans it off nicely. It's really more like thick motor oil than it is anti-seize paste. But, like I said, I've used it for many, many years. The last bottle of it I bought they had put a little brush in the top of the cap. You know, like you get with PVC glue? That's a nice little touch.:cool:

Put some on the PIN mating surfaces as well. Best to clean and retreat annually.

After a decade or so, I think they almost become like the old Oilite pilot bushings that you would soak overnight in a mayonnaise jar full of engine oil. I could probably get by now with just the "ooze" from the hub threads.:D

I use light coat of Anti-seize and then be sure to pull wheels off annually.
Seems the wheels that are on for longer periods of time have issues.

Cleaning old paste out of the hub threads is no fun.
That Cobra Valley stuff seems to do the trick just fine.

Y'all talked me into it. I'd just recently cleaned up my spinners and adapters and re-never-seized them. Wire brush, paint thinner, and lots of paper towels. Sorta nasty job. Just ordered some Spinner Eaze and will go through the cleaning thing again and then give the Eaze a shot.

Karl
Use sparingly. You do not need much

Thanks Dusty, I will.

Just like BrillCream: A Little Dab'll Do Ya.

I use the Cobra Valley liquid Never Seize also. Best stuff I have ever seen.

Update: Seems I can never do anything the easy way...oh well.

That 911 Spinner Tool from Cobra Valley is a nice piece but it doesn't work on my ERA FIA Trigo Rims. The stud doesn't stick out far enough to grab the rim properly. Spinner-Eaze from Cobra Valley went on nice and cleanly.

The last person that put my spinners on really knocked them on (too) tightly.

After talking to several people, I thought I would share their combined wisdom; it has work for me:

1. 6 lb lead hammer;
2. Jack up the target wheel; brace jack on control arm to minimize "give";
3. Rotate wheel after 2-3 wacks on each ear to next ear;
4. Make sure you aim the hammer head so that the center of the head hits the midpoint of each ear so that no part of the hammer head doesn't hit the ear;
5. Hold hammer with two hands at the end of the handle and wack it with force enough to keep the hammer under control; don't baby it. Hold the hammer with the handle at your belly button, hammer head centerpoint of your chest;
6. When getting the wider rear wheels off, can't really wack it the same way; need to use much more wrist.

The Trigo spinners are forged aluminum so the ears shouldn't snap off although they can get deformed. I am replacing one of my spinners that was slightly bent like a pinwheel and also flattened a bit.

A lot of this seems pretty obvious but after to talking to 3 or 4 pros, there was more to it than I initially thought.

I followed this technique in the Olthoff video for reinstalling (although my ear isn't trained to hear the sound that Bob referred to in the vid)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8kCWG3d1Cc

… or, you can do it the easy way. The wayyyyy easy way.:cool:
http://www.clubcobra.com/forums/all-...ne-finger.html

Dennis actually, not Bob.

:CRY: I have blister on my hands trying to get mine off with a dead blow hammer ordered the 911 tool and muther thumper

I'm telling ya, just step on up to a big ass air impact gun. You'll never go back.:cool:

Out of Stock and Finish line isn't currently having stellar reviews... any other suppliers?