Front Wheel Bearing Greasing
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Front Wheel Bearing Greasing
Today I serviced the passengers front wheel bearings. I am posting this message to let everyone know that I am glad that I pulled the bearing apart for servicing. After removing the hub assembly and separating the bearing I found that the bearing had been over heated to the point of discolouring the hub itself, the grease was baked. The bearing rollers where also discoloured. I am expecting this bearing to fail before the other side but I might have bought myself a year or two more out of this damaged bearing. Hopefully this will help someone else out there.
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RE: Front Wheel Bearing Greasing
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thanks for the heads up. . .Ive got to replace the muffler bearings in my yoda, then I might tackle this.
thanks for the heads up. . .Ive got to replace the muffler bearings in my yoda, then I might tackle this.
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These where sealed bearings, I had read about how difficult it was to get them apart after a few years so I decided to repack them and apply never sieze compound to make dissasembly a whole lot easier later on. I have also found other equipment/trailers/recreational vehicles from the factory that have had little or no grease in the bearings. I had no indication that anything was wrong with the wheel bearing until I had dissasembled them. Note that the drivers side was fine, the passangers side I had to jump on the flex bar with both feet to break the nut loose, I suspect that it was over-torqued, therefor overheating the bearing.