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Re: Wheel bearing racers

To: Sally or Dick Taylor <tr6taylor@webtv.net>, 6pack@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Wheel bearing racers
From: Don Malling <dmallin@attglobal.net>
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 15:40:53 -0400
Hi Dick,

Nope, this car is as original as they come. I'm the original owner and 
nothing like that was done.

I don't even remember new brakes or repacking the wheel bearings, but 
I'm not completely sure about that.

Don Malling

Sally or Dick Taylor wrote:
> Don---Many years ago the tech editor of the 6PACK Newsletter showed us a
> way of greasing the inside wheel bearing without taking everything
> apart. It included drilling and tapping for a Zerk fitting in this
> cavity between the inside and outside bearing. Filling this space with
> wheel bearing grease till it oozed out into the rear bearing was the
> idea. I can see where this method would take a pound of grease before
> this would reach the bearing. Could this be your case?
> 
> Dick





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