Cleaning Rear Hubs

Message text written by John Mitchell
>Hi Everybody,  While replacing u-joints, I was wondering if it would do 
any harm to clean the rear hubs in a parts washer. 
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I wouldn't recommend it unless you plan on disassembling them.  You run the
risk of washing all the lub out of the bearings and, worse yet, washing
some of the accumulated grit into the bearings.

Dave