Ouch! Well, I learn something
every day. So they have to be packed in grease, like the front wheel
bearings?
David C. Wilker Jr. USAF (RET)
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 5:45
AM
Subject: Re: IML: Rear Axle
Bearings
Dave Wilker <wilkerbeast01@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
I think the bearings are
lubricated by the rear end grease splashing on
them. Not in the Imperial. There is an
inner seal that isolates the bearings from the axle housing. The
bearings must be lubricated before installation.
It appeared that
someone in previous years had had the axles out, carefully cleaned the
bearings, and reinstalled, very likely working under the mistaken idea that
they were lubricated by the rear end
lube.
Thanks,
Elijah
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