Anyone Ever Grease A Modular Wheel Hub Assembly?

[gsbrockman]

EDIT - unless the seals are leaking, is the idea to simply "overfill" it? Would that result in a "pressure" issue for the seals since the sensor is bolted in?

I never suggested “overfilling” a unit bearing.

I stated that it would be difficult to overfill a unit bearing with a syringe or a small hand-held mini grease gun (3 oz. cartridge variety).

If you’ve ever seen the minimal amount of grease that’s dispensed into them when manufactured, it would be somewhat easy, when using a bit of common sense, to see what amount of grease to add that would extend the life of the bearing assembly.

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[roaniecowpony]

From what I've gathered, the best chance of not having a compatibility issue would be to go with a synthetic base oil, lithium thickened, grease. Still, no guarantees.

The best practice would be removing the old grease and replacing it. But this is impractical in this assembly.

 

[CarbonSteel]

I never suggested “overfilling” a unit bearing.

I stated that it would be difficult to overfill a unit bearing with a syringe or a small hand-held mini grease gun (3 oz. cartridge variety).

If you’ve ever seen the minimal amount of grease that’s dispensed into them when manufactured, it would be somewhat easy, when using a bit of common sense, to see what amount of grease to add that would extend the life of the bearing assembly.

It was a question, I was not attempting to suggest that you personally were going to overfill it so apologies if it came across that way.

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