[Healeys] Packing Front wheel bearings

[Oudesluys]

Forget all those fancy short cuts. Just take it apart every 2-3 years, 
clean thoroughly, inspect, repack with clean grease, refit. If you are a 
regular driver, once every 5 years will do.
The advantage is that you will have a good idea of the condition of the 
bearings and they will last a lifetime.
Kees Oudesluijs
NL


Bob Spidell schreef:
> I've got something similar (it's all metal, with a zerk). IMO, it's messy and wasteful (and you'd better clean it thoroughly before use or you could be forcing dust and grit into the bearings). Also, disk brake wheel bearing grease is a bit thick and sticky for a gun (it's usually sold in tubs). 
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> Invest instead in disposable nitrile gloves and pack by hand. 
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> Bob 
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Steve Gerow" <steveg at abrazosdata.com> 
> To: healeys at autox.team.net 
> Sent: Wednesday, July 8, 2009 10:23:28 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific 
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Packing Front wheel bearings 
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> I see Harbor freight has a bearing packer, pn 97489-1RGH for $3.99 
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> These allow you to use a grease gun to pack the wheel bearing - as long as 
> the gun has the right type of grease in it. 
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