[TR] Hubs and grease

[Anthony Rhodes]

I was taught to add extra grease in the hubs.  Not packed full, but maybe 25% or a bit more.  The idea is that after you load up the hub then the grease gets spread out by centrifugal force and tends to keep the bearings full

Hot grease gets fairly runny and if you only have packed bearings then it can exit the bearings over time.  The reservoir of grease keeps the bearings full, or so I believe. 

And that's my story and I am sticking to it!

-Tony



> On Aug 25, 2017, at 2:00 PM, triumphs-request at autox.team.net wrote:
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> Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2017 18:26:40 -0400
> From: "Andrew Uprichard" <auprichard at uprichard.net>
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> Subject: [TR] Hubs and grease
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> 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.
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> 
> I just pulled a car apart and the same thing - front hubs just full of
> grease.  Gobs of the stuff.
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> 
> Any reason why people do this?  Any rationale?
> 
> Andrew Uprichard
> 
> Jackson, Michigan