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Packing Bearings
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Jeff Nelson
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It's called "Dear, can you help me with this? My hands are too sore right now and I can't get the grease in the bearing..." Believe it or not, it has worked. What really irks me though, is the my wife can help change a starter or grease a bearing and will only get her fingertips dirty. I can't walk within 10 feet of the thing and I'm covered with dirt. As a matter of fact, if I even dream of it at night, I wake up covered in grease. Go figure.Lets hear it??????
Bob USNR
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40+ years "under the hood" and I am a hand packer also.
Double entendre not allowed... but funny.
tuckered
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This threads needs a poll: Hand pack or use a contraption.
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Ok, I'd vote for both ways, as long as grease is through, so be it.
Jeff, I like the idea of having your wife do it..
Jeff, I like the idea of having your wife do it..
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A old old man tought me once to always have a toaster oven in the garage. To reuse the bearing, supposedly clean them up with non clorinated brake cleaner. Pack them by hand, then put them in a metal ash try in the toaster oven at 275 degrees for 15 minutes. Then let cool. Pack them again by hand and your done.
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wonder how many will use there kitchen ovens for this now....
gungearz
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That's funny... The wife gets ticked when I use it to bake some small powder coated parts.
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Use quality grease and get it in the bearing any way you can. I use both methods and the ziplock method as well for spare bearings. I think the quality of the grease is more important then the method used.
Jeff Nelson
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I'll not touch this one as we all know where it could go....
I will say she has grown a high level of tolerance for me and my toys!
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What kind/brand of grease do you recommend?
ODdave
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Comon, We need 4 more pages of B.S. to hit Ryans predicted 10 !
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Six pages for something they teach you in the first couple of weeks in a high school auto shop class .
Woodsplinter
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Thanks Ryan!!
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I've converted all my stuff to synthetic grease.
Reference page count, that is very subjective to one's settings. This thread is only 2 pages for me. A more accurate and universal way to voice your opinion on the duration of a thread would be number of posts. This should be 59 unless someone posts while I'm typing.
Reference page count, that is very subjective to one's settings. This thread is only 2 pages for me. A more accurate and universal way to voice your opinion on the duration of a thread would be number of posts. This should be 59 unless someone posts while I'm typing.