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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.. :beer:

good you use low air, but dont dont know what you mean about springs?? I meant spinning the bearing with air. And Ive packed them for a living for a lifetime, so pretty confident it works. great debate though ...:D. We all learn alot from sharing ideas and experiences, so all good. Ive been...

I'll have my bearings packed before you and ill be sitting on the porch drinking beer. :-P Serioulsy, to each their own. I wipe the beraings clean with rag, then when packing wipe off the old crap that comes out, rotate bearing cage, so rollers turn and pack some more untill clean new grease...

Nothing wrong with your way of doing it, just not really needed. Also you know about not spining bearings with air of course. Can not only fly apart but cause damamge to dry rollers. If you must blow out, blow straight through the cage

You can wipe them off to inspect the condition of the rollers and the cage and feel for looseness with out washing. If the grease is that hard, old that you can't see the rollers or feel for play than maybe you do need to wash it out. I also wipe old grease out of the hub and wipe new grease...

I love debates, LOL here is one for you, I dont wash the bearings unless they are nasty, like real nasty. Why wash out out all the old grease..just push it out with new grease. It gets most of it out and if you dont dry real well after washing out the bearings, you will get a soupy grease...