There is no reason to get grease under your
fingernails packing wheelbearings. The grease
goes in the palm of your hand. One edge of the
bearing is pushed into the lump of grease until
it comes out the other side. Rotate the bearing
until the whole thing is filled.
Wear a surgical glove if you have an aversion
to grease. If the bearing isn't clean before
you start repacking then there is no way it
was properly inspected for wear. Cleaning a
wheel bearing by forcing grease through it
probably isn't the best idea no matter what
method is used.
Cheers,
Kelley Mascher (206) 528-2713
Children's Hospital & Med. Center mascher@u.washington.edu
Audiology Research Seattle, Washington USA
On Tue, 23 May 2000, Eric Murray wrote:
> Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 08:11:20 -0700
> From: Eric Murray <ericm@lne.com>
> To: "Lyn Fatt, Brian A" <brian.lynfatt@eds.com>
> Cc: "'shop-talk@autox.team.net'" <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
> Subject: Re: Bearing Grease Packer
>
>
> On Tue, May 23, 2000 at 10:53:55AM -0400, Lyn Fatt, Brian A wrote:
> >
> > Sounds like the daily driver needs another wheel
> > bearing...
> >
> > I've read somewhere or heard about a grease packer
> > for bearings that consists of a bottle with a
> > plunger. From what I remember, you put the bearing
> > into the bottle, and the bearing gets packed by the
> > plunger. The tool saves grease being everywhere, and
> > saves the time consuming process of hand packing the
> > bearing. I've also seen the dual cone type packer,
> > but it seems that I'd have grease everywhere if I use
> > that tool.
>
>
> Never hesitating to ask a dumb question, let me ask
> what's wrong with just stuffing grease in with your fingers?
>
> Do you get more grease in with the greaser? Is it just faster?
> Or does it help flush out the old dirty grease?
>
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