Re: Curious...bearing or hub packing

Posted by Jon H on October 06, 2004 at 18:15:46 from (69.26.16.184):

In Reply to: Re: Curious...bearing or hub packing posted by Sid on October 06, 2004 at 17:59:05:

Depends on the application, for high speed wheel bearings that run in dry conditions,pack only the bearings.I have heard that overfilling the hub with grease will cause churning and heating of grease at high speed.
For wheels that have to run in very wet conditions at low speed,fill the hub completly with grease to keep out water and condensation. If possible have a grease fitting in the hub to keep it totally full of grease. I had endless problems with rusty wheel bearings on both my self propelled and pull type sprayer,caused by running them in very wet conditions. The problem ended when I added grease fittings to the hubs and keep them totally full of grease.

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