Originally Posted by SAB
Well, I never new it was because of a lack of threads - but it sounds like a good explanation! Perhaps my old wheels had an older style axle and the new wheels have a newer style - makes sense. This is probably why I discovered that I had to the grease everywhere on the dropouts, including inside the groove where the axle sits...
Hi
You only need to grease the groove where the wheel sits, not the rest of the dropout. The smooth axle end can move slightly even when the skewer is tight when out of the saddle, a threaded one bites into the top of the groove- hence no creak.