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From: Bothell & Silverdale, WA
Telling me to unscrew a cap that bolts on seems to me to be bad advice. The responder had no idea why there were two diametrically opposed holes in the cap, but he jumped to the conclusion that the cap was screwed on and a spanner was required to remove it. He based his advice on an erroneous conclusion without actually knowing anything about the hub in question. THAT was bad advice.
, in support of mixer man
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From: Burbank, WA
In all fairness to the OP, it was our mistake in misreading the post. The question (if you could call it that since the sentence didn't end with a question mark, and how were we to know?) was how to repack wheel bearings. The problem here was, the question being so remedial and lacking of detail, we assumed he didn't know how to remove the cap to get to the bearings to pack them. We simply tried too hard to help given the lack of information we had. (some of us are over-achievers) But given the history of the OP's remedial questions in the past; where can I buy a shifter ****, where do I find gaskets, does anyone have a picture of my steering box, how were we to know better? I think it's safe to say we've all learned a valuable lesson here, and we won't be making the same mistake twice. But to answer the original question, "how do you repack the wheel bearings", the answer is to put grease between the rollers. I'm sure Bob will be apologizing shortly for mistaking the question. Oh, and btw, the bearings are 'in' the hub, not "on" the hub. FYI.
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From: Bothell & Silverdale, WA
I saw that but considered anyone that has a truck up in the air would already know how to pack wheel bearings before jacking it up (didn't see jack stands, can I assume they're there?), so I moved on. BUT, if that was the OP's real question then I humbly apologize for jumping the gun.
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From: Burbank, WA
I saw that but considered anyone that has a truck up in the air would already know how to pack wheel bearings before jacking it up (didn't see jack stands, can I assume they're there?), so I moved on. BUT, if that was the OP's real question then I humbly apologize for jumping the gun.
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