Mike, Since you asked..... I am tending to business which is why I'm helping with shipping tonight. We are to the point where we ship 7 days a week - we have been for 2 months. I've also started trimming items from the store to slow things down - I just dropped the homebrew supplies (malt, hops, yeast, etc.) and will drop additional less profitable lines if this does not slow us down enough to catch up.
And sealed bearings are intended to be lubricated for life - adding grease to a bearing that has sufficient lubrication does nothing for the bearing. If one does need lubrication, 99% of the time it's also worn past its service life and should be replaced. Yes, you can grease it and yes, you can extend its life a little but I'd feel safer rolling down the road on new bearings than loose bearings! Thanks, Tom Hargrave Our Web Sites: www.kegkits.com http://www.kegkits.com/JABF/ www.stir-plate.com www.andyshotsauce.com 256-656-1924
-----Original Message----- From: Mike S [mailto:mikes@flatsurface.com] Sent: Monday, July 20, 2009 9:19 PM To: Tom Hargrave Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Inject grease into rear wheel bearings w/o disassembly? At 09:30 PM 7/20/2009, Tom Hargrave wrote... >No, I was talking about bearings in general. But even the rear wheel >bearing >has a pre-load. Which can't be adjusted, as you suggested. >Sealed bearings are lubricated for the life of the bearing. That's like a lifetime warranty - it expires as soon as the product does, so what's the point? Vanagon bearings, both front and rear, can be repacked with grease (even though there are seals), your comment is a non-sequitur. >Our Web Sites: >www.kegkits.com Shouldn't you be tending to business, instead of spreading disinformation and advertising? http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f14/lesson-learned-buying-kegkits-113969/ |
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