Excessive grease will cause a bearing to run hot, blow out the seals, and then fail. This is rare but it does happen. Always leave some room for the grease to expand. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf Of Terry Kay Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 10:29 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: ?Where Do I Get Good Frt. Whl. Bearings?
Ron, One minor point that you made, that I find to be an absolute impossibility. A wheel bearing failure due to over lubricating it? ( excessive grease ) Never happen----- ______________ |[ ] [ ] [ ]\ | | | | ~~~ ~||-(())----(())-| Terry-- 74 Campmobile- (Clementine) 85 GL- (Delilah) 86 BMW 325 ES- (Eva) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "In life, it is much better to want something you cannot have--- Than to have something you can't get rid of" (T.K.) |
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