Date:         Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:51:23 -0500
Reply-To:     Tom Hargrave <thargrav@HIWAAY.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Tom Hargrave <thargrav@HIWAAY.NET>
Subject:      Re: Inject grease into rear wheel bearings w/o disassembly?
Comments: To: Mike S <mikes@flatsurface.com>
In-Reply-To:  <20090721021958.72416116CE1@hamburg.alientech.net>
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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/
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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/