Packing Bearings

[ryan77]

Yes slave "cables " were envolved...lol

 

[Jeff Nelson]

Lets hear it??????

It's called "Dear, can you help me with this? My hands are too sore right now and I can't get the grease in the bearing..." Believe it or not, it has worked. What really irks me though, is the my wife can help change a starter or grease a bearing and will only get her fingertips dirty. I can't walk within 10 feet of the thing and I'm covered with dirt. As a matter of fact, if I even dream of it at night, I wake up covered in grease. Go figure.

 

[ryan77]

Grease is a excellant lubricant!!!lol

 

[Bob USNR]

i always hand pack think its just as fast as that contraption...

40+ years "under the hood" and I am a hand packer also.

Double entendre not allowed... but funny.

 

[tuckered]

This threads needs a poll: Hand pack or use a contraption.

 

[F18hornetM]

Ok, I'd vote for both ways, as long as grease is through, so be it.

Jeff, I like the idea of having your wife do it..

 

[gungearz]

A old old man tought me once to always have a toaster oven in the garage. To reuse the bearing, supposedly clean them up with non clorinated brake cleaner. Pack them by hand, then put them in a metal ash try in the toaster oven at 275 degrees for 15 minutes. Then let cool. Pack them again by hand and your done.

 

[shadowrwolf]

A old old man tought me once to always have a toaster oven in the garage. To reuse the bearing, supposedly clean them up with non clorinated brake cleaner. Pack them by hand, then put them in a metal ash try in the toaster oven at 275 degrees for 15 minutes. Then let cool. Pack them again by hand and your done.

wonder how many will use there kitchen ovens for this now....

 

[gungearz]

That's funny... The wife gets ticked when I use it to bake some small powder coated parts.

 

[ryan77]

Nothing better then a wife thats good with her hands and grease!!!! Thats a keeper!!!

 

[Recovry4x4]

Use quality grease and get it in the bearing any way you can. I use both methods and the ziplock method as well for spare bearings. I think the quality of the grease is more important then the method used.

 

[Jeff Nelson]

Nothing better then a wife thats good with her hands and grease!!!! Thats a keeper!!!

I'll not touch this one as we all know where it could go.... I will say she has grown a high level of tolerance for me and my toys!

 

[Woodsplinter]

What kind/brand of grease do you recommend?

 

[ODdave]

Comon, We need 4 more pages of B.S. to hit Ryans predicted 10 !

 

[ryan77]

Well as far as grease goes i would use a high temp grease such lucas! What do u guys think?? Heres 5 more pages Dave!!!!

 

[porkysplace]

Six pages for something they teach you in the first couple of weeks in a high school auto shop class .

 

[Woodsplinter]

Thanks Ryan!!

 

[doghead]

Brand is not the issue.

Depending on application, you need the appropriate type of grease.

 

[Recovry4x4]

I've converted all my stuff to synthetic grease.

Reference page count, that is very subjective to one's settings. This thread is only 2 pages for me. A more accurate and universal way to voice your opinion on the duration of a thread would be number of posts. This should be 59 unless someone posts while I'm typing.

 

[doghead]

K, no more buckets of GAA?