<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Yes. That is the way I was taught while working on Benz and BMWs way back in the 80s.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">If you only grease the bearings, there is no reserve. The bearings spin and push all the grease away. Rotation of the hub when extra grease is packed in there, keeps the bearings greased. I pack the caps too. Even on my TR3 race car.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Dave H.<br><br>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On Aug 24, 2017, at 3:26 PM, Andrew Uprichard <<a href="mailto:auprichard@uprichard.net">auprichard@uprichard.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 14 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">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.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">I just pulled a car apart and the same thing – front hubs just full of grease. Gobs of the stuff.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Any reason why people do this? Any rationale?<br><br>Andrew Uprichard<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Jackson, Michigan<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span></span><br><span>** <a href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net">triumphs@autox.team.net</a> **</span><br><span></span><br><span>Donate: <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a></span><br><span>Archive: <a href="http://www.team.net/archive">http://www.team.net/archive</a></span><br><span>Forums: <a href="http://www.team.net/forums">http://www.team.net/forums</a></span><br><span>Unsubscribe/Manage: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/triumphs/dlhogye@comcast.net">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/triumphs/dlhogye@comcast.net</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>