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To: 6pack@autox.team.net, triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: Fwd: Pack new wheel bearings?
From: acekraut11@aol.com
Date: Sat, 09 Jul 2005 20:45:47 -0400
  Hi Don,

 The method that was taught to me is the following:

  Scoop a couple fingers full of grease into the palm of one of your 
hands.

  Hold the bearing with the outside of the bearing facing down and press 
the bearing into the edge of the pile of grease in your other hand.

  Repeat this step as many times as necessary until you start to see the 
grease come out of the top of the bearing.

  Rotate the bearing slightly to start packing a new area of the 
bearing.

 Repeat as necessary until bearing is completely packed.

 Aaron

 Aaron Cropley
 71 TR6 (Throttle Body Injection!)
 http://www.triumphowners.com/108
 Topsham, Maine

 -----Original Message-----
 From: Don Malling <dmallin@attglobal.net>
 To: triumphs@autox.team.net; 6-Pack <6pack@autox.team.net>
 Sent: Sat, 09 Jul 2005 20:25:53 -0400
 Subject: Re: Pack new wheel bearings?

 Randall wrote:

 >>We yanked a hub and he agrees the bearings needed to packed. But he
 >>said my hub had too much grease. My calipers and hub exterior are
 >>clean, the workshop manual says partially fill the hub with
 >>grease...
  > > > I believe the idea was for the excess grease to form a "dam", to 
help hold
  > liquefied grease in the bearing when it gets hot. However, I also 
believe it's
  > not necessary with modern greases, they don't liquefy the way the 
old ones did.
 > > >> How much is partially full? Any guideline to follow? May
 >>as well be sure as the hub is off now.
  > > > You didn't have "too much" before, since it wasn't being thrown 
out. More than
  > enough, perhaps, but not too much. If you don't leave at least some 
air space,
  > the grease will get squeezed out through the seals. And it's 
advisable to
 > remove all the old grease when repacking, even from the hub.
  > > Personally, I just pack the bearing full and leave it at that. A 
thin film
  > inside the hub and on the spindle, to prevent corrosion, is all I 
use. But be
  > sure to work grease into all the little spaces between the rollers 
on the
 > bearing, and smear a thick layer on the outside, before assembling.
 > > Randall
 >
  Thanks for all the posts to the list on this subject. I'm about to 
repack my wheel bearings for the first time and welcomed the 
information.

  I never understood all that extra grease in the hubs. Good to know 
it's not necessary.

  Some time back there was a discussion about the technique for packing 
them. How to scoop the grease in with your hand/fingers etc. Anyone 
care to refresh my memory on all that, or just pack it in any old way?

 Thanks,

 Don Malling




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