How do I grease the front hubs (ABS)?
01-06-2011, 07:30 PM
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I guess this is why I found nothing about greasing the hubs when I first searched before this post. A lot of people seem to not know that you can add some grease in there. i hope my hubs go ~250k miles like johnh but mine will see the grease every now and again.
01-07-2011, 06:09 AM
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When I blew out my wheel hubs I noticed that these bearing assemblys are not built all that well. I have not yet greased the bearings I have, but I have no doubt that from my observations of the blown bearings that adding extra greese everyonce in a while will not hurt. As for these things being a fully sealed unit, they are from the outside in but will transfer from inner to outer.
01-07-2011, 09:06 AM
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I believe the setup is the same but I haven't personally seen one. Cincydiesel has and could tell you for certain. Spend some time with the search engine here and you might find some of the discussion threads about the issue. If you don't find it let me know and I'll look. Somebody posted a link for the 4wd bearing available on Amazon for around $160 a side. I got my 2wd bearings at O'Reilly for $232 a side for the house brand. The SKF's were $376 a side.
01-07-2011, 01:37 PM
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01-07-2011, 04:09 PM
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I thought I had pictures of the blown bearing but they seem to be lost somewhere. The are 4 seals on the bearing inner and outer from what I seen there was lots of carnage though. The grease will pass from one side to the other. But do not do more then a couple of pumps or you will run the risk of blowing out the seals. Now to find those pictures.
01-07-2011, 04:58 PM
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Before I greased mine this way, I asked dodge parts what
type of grease for our trucks. Plain bearing grease was
the answer. I turned hub, and used allen wrench to push
grease down.
type of grease for our trucks. Plain bearing grease was
the answer. I turned hub, and used allen wrench to push
grease down.
01-09-2011, 06:47 AM
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It's pretty hard getting the grease in there. I tried a needle and it was still hard. I got grease in there but it took a while. The problem is the ABS tone ring is right there in the way. Air keeps you from pushing the grease in easily.
01-09-2011, 07:01 AM
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The only bad part about this is that if you mix different types of grease, they can actually turn hard like wax and leave you no lubrication at all. I have seen this on airplanes, but only after the wheel and axle departed the airplane on takeoff.
01-10-2011, 10:24 AM
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I take it that you took apart the damaged hub. I have been wanting to know if the bearings are sealed on the outside only. If they are sealed on both sides then adding grease through the ABS sensor hole would not get to the bearings, but if they are sealed only on the one side then adding grease could help extend the life of the bearings.
01-10-2011, 01:10 PM
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01-26-2011, 12:39 PM
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Thanks knc for the linky
It does NOT look like the orig dodge hub has a seal(looks can be deceiving) on the inner sides and a little lube through the old ABS has gotta help.
I would hate to have a hub
fail when on a long trip pulling my fiver.
It does NOT look like the orig dodge hub has a seal(looks can be deceiving) on the inner sides and a little lube through the old ABS has gotta help.
I would hate to have a hub
fail when on a long trip pulling my fiver.
01-26-2011, 01:44 PM
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I did mine. No problem with the ABS sensor. I use a grease gun adapter with a rubber cone shaped tip. The area between the inner and outer bearing is not sealed so grease will flow to the bearings. I only added a few pumps of grease reasoning that when ever I'm working on the brakes etc. I'll give it a shot or two, and not blow the seals because over the miles, excess grease will leak out past the seals. A little grease is better than no grease or too much grease.