It does not say in the manual it just says appropriate grease, I would think just a wheel bearing grease but what do I know , mine got put together with no grease.

 

Man, i Hve never seen grease this thin is why I ask, it POURED out of the hub

 

Customarily wheel bearings on a full-floating hub will be lubricated by gear oil that flows down the axle tubes from the differential. When assembling a hub, some people will pack the bearings with bearing grease to protect them until the trickle of oil makes it all the way down the axle tube. It's a decent thing to do, but not a requirement. Personally, as a technician, I will add a puddle of gear oil into the hub from a small squirt bottle before installing the outer bearing. I also like to make sure the races are wiped with gear oil before assembly.

 

I think the red stuff was from the rebuilder, which was smart on their part. The gunk in mine was thick and gray from all the wear metal but a little dirty oil ran out when I thumped the axle loose. I haven't seen greased floater brgs since the early 60s in any size truck and the greased ones had a seal on the end of the axle tube and it sealed against the axle. Mine had no seal of any kind to keep the diff oil out. The manual might say to pack them but I'm going with the higher oil level so it gets out to the wheel brgs - I know that way works well. The DC way sure as h@ll didn't work! Craig

 

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That is the plan guys, SO............I can not thank you enough. 3 Days of ONE wheel is ridiculous, but now, I can help others, so I guess there is a good side to it.

So, if someone needs help on a rear rotor on a DRW, I can NOW help.

 

OK, finished up the P/S rear this morning in the rain. But, I can now probaly replace a DRW rear brake rotor with my eye's closed.

 

Dang that was close...I thought these guys where going to talk you into assembling these without lube!!!! What you saw come out of ur diffs was definently gear lube mixed with grease. It is true that these bearing are lubed by gear oil via the axleshaft but as stated in the manual under the maintanace section that the rear wheel bearing should be cleaned and repacked when the brake linings are replaced or the rotors are surfaced. It also says to use NLGI GC-LB Grease. Hope this helps!!!!

 

The heaver the grease the more problems your going to make , just let the bearing sit in diff. lube for a while before assemble , then theres assemble lube , very thin white grease .
The problem is that the thicker grease keeps the gear lube from penetrating into the bearings ,

 

OK , thanks guys. Yeah, I hauled my butt to the Dodge dealer this morning and picked up new seals, picked up some Chrysler Spec wheel bearing grease made by Valvoline, and got her back together.