rear wheel bearing grease
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krzewinskibe
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37Benny
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Finally making some progress getting my brakes put together, ready to put the bearings and seals in the rear hubs. Randy Gross recommends this grease for the rear (only) wheel bearings. Says that it's much less likely to get past the seal and on to all the new brake goodies. Any opinions? (silly question)
you think you'll have that buggy ready for Saturday's Lunch in the Middle?
Benny
Bruce Adams
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Did you try Googling the item?
Maybe five suppliers popped up fpr around $5 a Green Can.
Here is one.
https://www.finditparts.com/product...muu-K2476711&gclid=COWFkMP96NMCFcWFswod0N8HsA
Talking about rear differential grease, when you lube with a grease gun,the fitting outboard below the brake backing plate, what is the purpose of it? I lubed it with the hub off and grease came out of the axel housing between the axel and the housing. Is it designed to get grease in the hub roller bearing area when I install the hub?
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Patrick L.
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Thats why its there. Most folks don't use it and just pack the bearings once in awhile.
Once that fitting is cleaned out I don't have a problem using it. A couple squeezes once in awhile won't hurt anything.
As for that grease fitting behind the backing plate......unless you completely clean out the old solid grease from the passage way from it to the bearing, Don't use it !
As mentioned, once a year I'd give that fitting a shot.....now with the rear disassembled I found where it went. Not to the wheel bearing but since it couldn't get there, it went passed the seal. Must have been a tube of grease the length of both axles !
O' What an un-enjoyable mess to remove. (And now you don't have to !)
jb
As mentioned, once a year I'd give that fitting a shot.....now with the rear disassembled I found where it went. Not to the wheel bearing but since it couldn't get there, it went passed the seal. Must have been a tube of grease the length of both axles !
O' What an un-enjoyable mess to remove. (And now you don't have to !)
jb
rotorwrench
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It took Ford years to get rid of those grease fittings but they eventually deleted them for Banjo axles. They have always been ineffective for the rear wheel bearings and end up greasing the brake shoes more than anything.
Don't be afraid to start a new thread. This one has been around a while.
Don't be afraid to start a new thread. This one has been around a while.
The Master Cylinder
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Why is this Sta-Lube Drum Brake grease recommended for the rear bearings only?
The Master Cylinder
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I hear what your saying that the bearings are different but on the can it says "Drum Brake Grease". It does not specify for flat roller only, ball bearing or tapered bearing... just drum brakes.
Anyway, I have used it for a long time on front and back with no ill affects.
J Franklin
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Online orders ship free to your local store if they don't stock it normally.
Johnny Nitro
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Does anyone have an opinion on Lucas Xtra heavy duty wheel bearing grease? It’s the green stuff. Not fibrous.
I’ve been using that with seemingly no I’ll effect, but I don’t drive cross country (or even cross state).
I’ve been using that with seemingly no I’ll effect, but I don’t drive cross country (or even cross state).
I think any modern wheel bearing grease will work just fine as long as the bearing is packed with grease.
I believe this "for rear wheels only" in a Model A stuff is BS.
rotorwrench
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Greases are oils thickened with soaps of one type or another. Sodium fiber is the old standard for fibrous grease soaps but aluminum soap is the most fibrous type. Stay-Lube's data sheet lists it as a sodium short fiber based grease. Soda soap is good stuff. That's why it's still around after more than 100 years of use.
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Ak Sourdough
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Drum brakes don't get nearly as hot as disc brakes. Most likely it is labeled DRUM BRAKE because it would get thin as water with the heat of disc brakes and leak past seals that are meant to keep dirt out not grease in.
rotorwrench
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Stay-Lube (CRC) makes a high temp disk brake wheel bearing grease too but it's an aluminum complex grease. It can work up to 325 degrees F. The drum brake type has a high point working temp up to 250 degrees F.
It 's a bit of a trade off between sodium based soaps and aluminum based soaps. Sodium has a bit better anti wear capability than aluminum based so they add moly and graphite to the disk stuff. The price is likely a bit higher on the drum type brake stuff due to the lack of drum type brakes that are in use these days. Almost everything has gone to disk brakes.
It 's a bit of a trade off between sodium based soaps and aluminum based soaps. Sodium has a bit better anti wear capability than aluminum based so they add moly and graphite to the disk stuff. The price is likely a bit higher on the drum type brake stuff due to the lack of drum type brakes that are in use these days. Almost everything has gone to disk brakes.