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yes, push in some fresh grease and leave 'em be. new ones you can get now may not be as good as originals. I expect 'some' up-down play at each rear tire, parking brake off of course. anything like 1/16ths of an inch, up-down, is acceptable to me. ( that's like .060 " ) . 1/8th is gettin' to be a bit. beyond that ..they're due. you could check the tightness of the rear big nuts I suppose. On 4/27/2012 2:54 PM, Gene P wrote: > Getting ready to do CV joint maintenance - no boot or noise problems, > just routine. > Thinking I would replace rear wheel bearings while I was mucking around > in there. But ... > No apparent issues with bearings, no noise, wiggle at 12 & 6, 9 & 3, NO > play. I'd be doing this based on age/miles (87 hardhat, about 145K). > So the question: Preempt now, or is there an argument to push some fresh > grease in to them and leave these *original bearings* alone until they > act up? > > Opinions requested... > |
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