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westend
Aug 25, 2014Explorer
Larry wrote:The truth!
In any event any minor mistakes still doesn't change the bottom line that this feature is not worth the effort or HUGE amount of grease and is frought with potential downsides, blowing out the grease seal only being one.
I'm now old enough to barely remember packing a lot of axle bearings. Back in the day, all cars and light trucks had serviceable front axle bearings. There were no Bearing Buddies or EZ Lube axles (well maybe I just didn't see any). Some trucks had a zerk on the dust cap.
The overheating-from-hub-filled thing I've never seen. I've seen many hubs packed with different layers of gnarly grease and water trapped among them but most have the bearings working alright if the bearing was properly packed. This tool takes all of the guess work out of packing bearings. If done on a reasonable schedule and using today's modern greases, there is little need for adding grease into the bearing, IMO.
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