Date:         Sat, 8 Sep 2001 09:52:55 -0500
Reply-To:     Terry Kay <CTONLINE@WEBTV.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Terry Kay <CTONLINE@WEBTV.NET>
Subject:      Re: ?Where Do I Get Good Frt. Whl. Bearings?
Comments: To: The Bus Depot <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM>
In-Reply-To:  The Bus Depot <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM>'s message of Sat, 8 Sep 2001
              10:19:02 -0400
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Ron,

The Bently is a good general repair guide and thats all.
It tells you just enough to get you in trouble and leaves you high and
dry.

80g of litium grease?

Tell me, who in the hell actually measures 80g of the grease going in
any wheel hub, or bearing?

Duhhhh!!

Now I've heard it all.

Furthermore, I don't even use lithium---I have been using a heaveir
duty, high temp, zero wash-out, grease.

It's same heavy duty stuff that I have been using on Semi's for 25
years, and have experienced no problems with any bearing failure, in any
vehicle I have ever serviced---period, and I have never measured the
excact amout of the product.

Ever seen a wheel bearing grease tool?

It packs the bearing FULL of grease, and I have never seen any gauge on
the tool indicating any measurement of quanity.

A blatant fool would have to stuff a hub so full of lubricant that it
would blow the seals out, and perhaps in 20 to 30,000 miles, maybe cook
the bearing, but I highly doubt that in Rich's case this was true.

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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.)