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front wheel bearings and swivel hubs
Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 9:20 pm
by mcwilly
im redoing my front bearings and painted up the swivel housings. is the swivel housing meant to be full of grease or just the bearing or what i had two different situations on each side so dont know how its meant to be?
Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 9:51 pm
by MUD-PIGSIERRA
Pack it up with grease. get as much as you can in there, pack it up then slip it over the CV and then pack more in and around it. The bearings have to be packed with grease as well but they are in a different section to the swivel hub.
Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 10:05 pm
by Gwagensteve
And they need different grease from memory -
LMM on the CV's and HTB on the bearings.
You pretty much can't put too much grease in and around the CV's. You'll use most of a 500g tub on both front CV's ( 250g each)
Steve.
Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 11:26 pm
by mcwilly
so i have the sivel hub put on and the king pin bearings packed and in i just pack all inside full then put cv/shaft in and pack more around it correct? sorry for the silly questions.i have bearing grease dont have the other one what brands best
Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 11:33 pm
by mcwilly
also do i fill the locking hub with grease or leave it dry?
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2009 7:15 am
by PJ.zook
Just give locking hub a light smear, thats all it needs.