Bearing repack question

Deano_1 wrote:

I didn't put a ton of grease in and around everything, but I was careful make sure both bearings were properly coated.
Deano

Hi Deano,
I think you might be missing what the forum is trying to tell you. The important thing you need to be concerned with is how you packed the grease by hand into the bearings, not by the zerk fitting in the axle. The zerk fitting in my opinion is nothing more than marketing hype and should not be considered for bearing maintenance.

If you properly packed your bearings by hand and forced new grease around the bearing rollers to the center. That is, if they are completely coated with grease inside and out, not just grease smeared around the outside. Then you bearings are properly packed and there is nothing more to do. Adding more grease to the center of the hubs doesn't really do anything except lighten you wallet.

Also of importance is you can tighten the axle nut with a tool to seat the bearings. But in the end you have to loosen the nut until you can turn it freely by hand and then tighten it only finger tight. Do not spin the hub while you are doing these steps. If the cotter pin will not line up with the hole in the axle, loosen (do not tighten) the nut slightly until it does.