[TR] Hubs and grease

Randall tr3driver at ca.rr.com
Thu Aug 24 17:49:31 MDT 2017


IIRC, several of the manuals say "pack the hub with grease". One of them even specifies " half full".

The rationale I've heard is that it helps hold grease in the bearings, if they get hot enough to melt the grease inside them.
-- Randall

On 24 August 2017 18:26:40 GMT-04:00, Andrew Uprichard <auprichard at uprichard.net> wrote:
>The first car I restored was under the tutelage of an older guy who had
>been
>working on British cars for over a half-century.  When we came to the
>front
>hubs, they were full of grease.  "I don't know why people do this," he
>said.
>
> 
>
>I just pulled a car apart and the same thing - front hubs just full of
>grease.  Gobs of the stuff.
>
> 
>
>Any reason why people do this?  Any rationale?
>
>Andrew Uprichard
>
>Jackson, Michigan
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