Can you repack sealed bearings

Also give bearing cups a smearing of grease too to stop corrosion of bearing body. As per Nw i have tried this a few times one out the packet bearing and one greased bearing into front hub, tried two hubs at the same time and fitted greased bearings on different sides of each hub, in both hubs the greased bearing was still perfect after the standard one had died!

I also give bearings a very light coating of grease on installation to prevent corrosion and keep potential creaks away. Always interested to hear different approaches and about different bearings, sadly studied bearings when younger. When re-fitting we always now lift a seal carefully and re-pack the bearings and smear a little grease over the whole bearing before it goes back in.

Our experience is some never need touching, we have never changed a Chris King. This topic has 17 replies, 14 voices, and was last updated 9 years ago by eshershore. Start at the bottom by choosing your speed; follow the line straight up until you meet the curve that matches your bearing O. To find grams, [ OD in mm x width in mm x 0.

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Anybody else repack sealed bearings? Due to a few reasons, Ive torn apart, cleaned, and repacked 3 sealed bearings in the past few months. It really seems to easy now, and has me wondering if anyone else does this?? Remove the dust seal, flush the bearing with oil, dry, then pack with grease and reinstall seals. Certainly gives an obsolete or tough to obtain bearing a new lease on life. Especially when the vast majority of bearings ball die due to running dry.

Joined Mar 21, Messages 2, Location starvation lake,mi. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly. You should upgrade or use an alternative browser. Thread starter grsr3 Start date Aug 28, Aug 28, 1.

Joined Jun 13, Messages Adding more to this can actually create heat build up and do more harm than good. Of course if there very little grease left in there I suppose it would be good to add somebut how would you know??? Aug 28, 2. Skyco Elite Member. You also have to know WHAT grease is in there Aug 28, 3.