Re: Wheel bearings

Posted by Dean Barker on August 01, 2007 at 07:48:25 from (67.0.85.102):

In Reply to: Wheel bearings posted by 550Doug on August 01, 2007 at 06:43:16:

Over the years, I have bought a total of nine used 250 to 300 bushel gravity boxes and running gears. All of them needed some new wheel bearings except one. The one that had perfect wheel bearings had moly EP grease in it. The ones with bad bearings had rusty bearings so the grease did not protect the bearings from all the idle time from setting. I use a bearing packer to load the bearings with moly grease and then add a zerk to the hub cap. Some grease seals will pass grease and some won't. For those that won't, give them only 4 pumps of grease at one time or you will blow the seal. For something like a gravity wagon that never goes over 25 miles per hour, make sure the wheel bearings are preloaded (tapered roller bearings).
With this system, the bearings seem to last indefinitly.

Replies:

• Re: Wheel bearings Owen Aaland 16:34:17 08/01/07 (0)
• Re: Wheel bearings 550Doug 10:43:14 08/01/07 (0)

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