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08-15-2003, 10:48 PM
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New hub ?
I just installed my new hubs on my 1969 3/4 ton 4x4 pickup. I know I am showing some ignorance here but oh well. I wanted to know if I am suppose to pack the hub area with grease? It looked like the differential fluid flows into that area to keep it lubricated so I left everything with a little lubricant and though I would ask you all. I greased the wheel bearings a bit and need to know if I did it right.
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08-15-2003, 10:56 PM
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you hafta pack the wheel bearings w/grease,you want to get the grease "INTO" the bearing, i just put a glob in the palm of 1 hand and kinda force it in between the bearing race and the actual bearing with the other,kinda scrape it along your palm, before installing them,,,,they sell bearing packers at auto parts stores also
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08-16-2003, 12:20 AM
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Okay, so if I understand correctly I need to pack the area behind the hub area. The area that is behind the two nuts and around the wheel bearings? If that makes sense.
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08-16-2003, 12:35 AM
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I'm sure there are others that will respond to this question that have done this procedure many times.
My opinion is to grease the bearings, but not leave TOO much grease on them. I put a set of Warn hubs on my '71 years ago, and if I'm not mistaken, all the parts inside (where the hub covers) get a light coat of good quality grease. But packing the hub where the dial indicator is with grease shouldn't be done. Fellow members correct me if I'm wrong with anything.
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08-16-2003, 10:04 AM
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Thanks all, I read and read and found that you are correct. I only needed to pack the bearing itself with grease and nothing else in the hub area. I cannot wait to go try them out.
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08-16-2003, 10:28 AM
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too much grease in the hubs is definitely a bad thing. i thought something was wrong when one of mine wasn't engaging, just spinning. opened 'er up, and it was packed with this thick, nasty grease. washed it off with mineral spirits, then put a little yellow grease on it so it would still slide easy, and it works like I assume it did 34 years ago, which is to say great.
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08-16-2003, 11:42 AM
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I always put a thin coat of grease on everything in the hub and pack the bearing. If water gets in through the seal, you don't want any thing to rust in there. We used to rescue trucks out of the creek and water would get in the hub and rust parts.
Randy 
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