Grease or lube or nothing?

Fitting a new cassette onto a new wheel and I was wondering if such parts need some sort of grease or lube at all? Or nothing as doesn't need it?

Would it be 'copper grease' or something similar or am I getting my lubes mixed up here?

 

Don't think it's needed but probably won't do any harm.

 

So you saying copper grease or something else Dom?

 

There's no need to put grease or lube between the freehub and cassette.

 

I don't think copper grease is correct for this application, I don't think you can use it between two different alloys. A smear of standard workshop grease wouldn't do any harm though.

 

Best practice is to wipe some grease on the freehub body then wipe most of it off leaving just a v thin coating.

 

The coating of grease is there to stop rust usually (depending upon if you have a steel or more exotic material freehub)

 

No no it's just a normal freehub and a normal 8 speed cassette. OK thanks chaps for the advice. I shall apply a small coating of grease methinks.

 

That would be a 'smear'.

 

Enough of the techno-babble man. Talk sense!

 

Metric or Imperial?

 

Depends what you use to smear it on with. See its a doing word as well!