Grease gun/ grease recommendations
For EZ lube axle, what brand do you use for the wheel bearing grease. Thank you -Peter
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I have never thought re-packing wheel bearings a big job. And when I pull the hub I can look at bearings, shoes, and magnets. YMMV. But lets use a little logic here.
Yes it full. But you have pumped new grease in, mixed it well with the old. Any contamination in the old grease is still in there. Might be good enough for you, or the people that sell axles and parts, but not me. Now if you keep pumping grease in, grease comes out clean, maybe.
Fill the voids in hub is just a waste of grease. As the temp changes the air space in the hub might prevent buildup of pressure on seals. Some think if the bearings get hot that grease will flow into the bearing. Maybe, but long before that grease is warm enough to flow the grease in the bearing will have left the building, taking bearings with it. You just have a lot more contaminated grease to clean out.
But I'm just a dumb truck driver. It's yours, you can do what you want
bpounds wrote:
Same old nonsense from those scaredy-cats who won't use their EZ lube feature. Just ignore that.
Follow instructions on how to use the EZ lube axles. You can find a video on it. Most importantly is to raise the wheel and rotate it while you slowly pump the grease. Watch around the spindle nut area, and as soon as you see the slightest movement of the old grease, stop. It is full.
Yes it full. But you have pumped new grease in, mixed it well with the old. Any contamination in the old grease is still in there. Might be good enough for you, or the people that sell axles and parts, but not me. Now if you keep pumping grease in, grease comes out clean, maybe.
Yes it will use a lot of grease the first time you do it, because the factory did not fill the voids in the hub. After the first time, it will take LESS grease than if you packed by hand. It shouldn't take more than 2 tubes the first time to do all 4 hubs. Buy 3 to be safe. Not a big expense.
Fill the voids in hub is just a waste of grease. As the temp changes the air space in the hub might prevent buildup of pressure on seals. Some think if the bearings get hot that grease will flow into the bearing. Maybe, but long before that grease is warm enough to flow the grease in the bearing will have left the building, taking bearings with it. You just have a lot more contaminated grease to clean out.
But I'm just a dumb truck driver. It's yours, you can do what you want
