Greasing Sealed Wheel Bearings Possible
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Greasing Sealed Wheel Bearings Possible
Today I was putting new front brakes on my truck and noticed the front left wheel bearing would make a small amount of noise when spun and it spun much too freely meaning lack of grease. So I took it off suspecting that I would have to replace it in the near future. As I was looking it over I noticed that there was grease inside where the ABS tone ring is so I figured that maybe if I pumped grease into the abs sensor hole that it may start to oozz out the sides of the sealed bearing. So I sat there with my Lincoln grease gun pumping for what seemed like forever and then it finally started to oozz out the sides SUCESS! So I let it oozz until all I saw was fresh grease. Picked up the wheel bearing and spun it around, it felt like a brand new unit that was filled with grease and was nice and smooth. I have pictures and will post them later.
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lets see if this works
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If you have any play at all on these bearings they are shot.
The damage was already done! when the bearing saw little grease.
How many miles on the hubs? Also too much grease and it will find its way to your brakes .Be careful and keep a watchful eye on it.
While you have it apart I will point out the the little needle bearings inside the wheel hub are the ones you want keep greased with a high quality grease.
Rich
The damage was already done! when the bearing saw little grease.
How many miles on the hubs? Also too much grease and it will find its way to your brakes .Be careful and keep a watchful eye on it.
While you have it apart I will point out the the little needle bearings inside the wheel hub are the ones you want keep greased with a high quality grease.
Rich
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Originally Posted by FortyFords
If you have any play at all on these bearings they are shot.
The damage was already done! when the bearing saw little grease.
How many miles on the hubs? Also too much grease and it will find its way to your brakes .Be careful and keep a watchful eye on it.
While you have it apart I will point out the the little needle bearings inside the wheel hub are the ones you want keep greased with a high quality grease.
Rich
The damage was already done! when the bearing saw little grease.
How many miles on the hubs? Also too much grease and it will find its way to your brakes .Be careful and keep a watchful eye on it.
While you have it apart I will point out the the little needle bearings inside the wheel hub are the ones you want keep greased with a high quality grease.
Rich
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You said it was tight ,Ford has a spec for movement to taken with a dial indicator to determine if the wheel hub unit is to be replaced.
This has been tried so many times in the past ,that we have seen the problems!
I would not condone this as proper procedure or as safe way to grease a non servicable bearing. It could result in someone getting serious injury or worse.
When the bearings reach the point at which you described in your post they should be replaced with a new unit.I know there expensive ,but your safety and others is a concern.
You do what you want ,its your vehicle and life.
I would ask that others not try this.
Rich
This has been tried so many times in the past ,that we have seen the problems!
I would not condone this as proper procedure or as safe way to grease a non servicable bearing. It could result in someone getting serious injury or worse.
When the bearings reach the point at which you described in your post they should be replaced with a new unit.I know there expensive ,but your safety and others is a concern.
You do what you want ,its your vehicle and life.
I would ask that others not try this.
Rich
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I think that you guys are misunderstanding me, when I said it had a small amount of noise I meant it was a tiny bit louder then the other side that only has 10k on it and when I said I would spin it and it would spin freely meaning that it would spin about a quarter turn more then the one with 10k on it. It’s not like this bearing was toast and was making a growling noise. It made no noise while driving.
FortyFords, who in their right mind ever checks a bearing with a dial indicator, if its worn that much you can feel it or hear it, same goes for ball joints etc there is a dial indicator spec for those too but who ever uses it.
Give the safety thing a rest and let people do what they want with their trucks and not do what you think they should be doing. I think this works and apparently other people do too maybe you should give it a try and get some extra life out of your bearings. Sorry for the little rant but maybe you should try it before you start saying its bad.
FortyFords, who in their right mind ever checks a bearing with a dial indicator, if its worn that much you can feel it or hear it, same goes for ball joints etc there is a dial indicator spec for those too but who ever uses it.
Give the safety thing a rest and let people do what they want with their trucks and not do what you think they should be doing. I think this works and apparently other people do too maybe you should give it a try and get some extra life out of your bearings. Sorry for the little rant but maybe you should try it before you start saying its bad.
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Digging this back up to see how the greased bearings worked long term. Did they perform well for a while or were the seals bad and they failed quickly? I have mine apart now doing ball joints and I'm thinking of doing this.
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Now there are bearings that "should" replace the stock ones. BCA/federal have a part number for front wheel bearings for the superduties. I haven't looked at them yet, but I assume they are classical large roller, greasable bearings that fit into the stock races. I also suspect they should be under $15 each.
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If any of you care, I found a retailer here in Washington that sells the bearings for about $175 a piece if I remember correct. I replaced mine last year when they went bad and have put about 20-25K on them with no problems yet.