RE: Wheel Bearings

Eric Johnson (etj@nwlink.com)
Mon, 5 Jul 1999 14:42:23 -0700


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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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> All this talk of bearings needs to heed the warning of DO NOT OVERFILL OR
> YOU'LL BLOW OUT THE SEALS! If you do, you'll have noticable
> grease on the
> inside of your wheels and need to 'fill them' often. You'll also have the
> opportunity to repack them when you replace the seals...

FWIW most buddies I've seen have an 'overfill' hole that vents excess grease
out is the piston is compressed too far.