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Originally Posted by 72c20customcamper
Just don’t spin the bearings with the air . My cousin was doing this because he liked the spin up sound it made ,he wasn’t the sharpest tool in the shed . Before I could say anything the bearing let loose . He got a couple of bruises on his face and took out four overhead fluorescent bulbs.
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My ex-brother-in-law liked to do that spinning business, too. I told him that it's a good way to ruin a bearing. When I worked as a mechanic. we had a tool that forced new grease in and the old grease out. At home, they get cleaned in mineral spirits, left to dry and hand-packed with grease.