mknittle

I think this is one of those "Six of one half dozen of the other" situations.

thrashingcows

This is how I do it as well. Never had an issue. But like Mark said..."6 of one, half dozen of the other".

Jim Lane

Everybody also needs to learn the proper way to hand pack a bearing, the good old on your hands messy way, the grease needs to be driven deep into the interior of the bearing,

I have seen too many people simply wipe grease onto the rollers and then call it good.

Some old Internationals and LN's in the 70's I converter them to a wet lube hub.

Jim

mknittle

It would surprise a lot of people how much grease you can get into a bearing.

rrgrassi

I use the cone shaped bearing packer now. Less mess.

Rick 12v CTD

It's amazing to me how many mechanics I've seen not pack a bearing properly. As far as I know the only people I know who pack bearings bproperly with grease is me and the person who showed me to do it right.

As an aside for wet bearing applications like the full floating d70. I don't use grease. I dip it in gear oil and put it back together and then squirt some inside the hub after the seal is in place before I slide it on the spindle. Then after getting it all back together I fill the difference with oil and Jack one side and leave it for a couple minutes and the jack the other side and leave it for a couple minutes. After that I call it good. Never had an issue.

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freight train

My dad taught me to pack bearings just incase for some reason the grease doesn't get to the bearings before they get hot. Shouldn't happen but as Joe Dirt's father once said "How does a posi rear end in a Plymouth work ,it just does"

CTD_trucks

I just did the brakes on my 90 W250. I packed my bearings with synthetic grease. It'll eventually dilute out into the gear oil, but gets them off to a good start. No "oops" here.

As an aside. One of my hubs was headed toward coming off. Way too much end play. I deleted the goofy factory nylock and wedge system and used the top level "X-Lock" set. A little pricey but worth it.

j_martin

I wet the bearings with gear oil, put em in. Button things up. Check the differential case for level. Then put the truck on a steep side hill (bank by the house) going each way for 30 seconds or so. They're about as well lubed as it can get at that point.

Packing them in grease can't hurt, but it makes cleanup and checkout a little harder next time. Costs an extra ten buck seal per wheel.