Wheel bearing Grease
How often do you check your wheel bearings? This weekend I had to replace one of my tires, so I decided to check the wheel bearings. Mine have the hub caps where the entire rim and tire have to be rem...
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ScottG wrote:Where did you get the 50% failure rate? And are you talking bearing failure, grease seal failure, spindle failure? Was the procedure followed correctly, or just a bunch of grease pumped in?nickthehunter wrote:
It sounds like you are talking aobut EZ Lube axles (with the grease zerk in the end of the spindle). If so, it sounds like you filled the whole hub with grease which was not necessary. All you needed to do was grease the bearings. About 5 shots in each wheel would have been sufficient depending on how long its been since you did it last.
Sorry but this isn't accurate. Grease wont flow to the front bearing until the entire hub is full. It takes a ton of grease the first time. You know the front bearing is lubed when you see grease flow out the front of it.
That being said, I would never use this feature. They have about a 50% failure rate even when the directions are followed perfectly. If one just pumps a few shots of grease in without turning the wheel, your almost guaranteed to blow grease past the seal and onto the brakes.
