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BILL WILLIAMSON · 07-15-2013, 05:34 PM

Confession: When I ran my own shop, I "lost" 2 sets of wheel bearingsin a row, when I ran out of HIGH TEMP DISC BRAKE GREASE while waiting for an order from my oil company. Ran down to Mickey Mouse parts house & grabbed a small can of "ACME"?? all purpose?? bearing grease. Both cars came back later with a constant WHIRRR sound. All the races had minute circular "pot holes"! And I lost an outer front wheel bearing on a '59 Studebaker Lark I had bought because I procrastinated too long before packing the bearings. It didn't "smoke", it just went, SCREEEECH & seized the outer cone to the spindle +*%#^$ Bill W.
Scares me when some say they even use "all-purpose" grease or even chassis grease for wheel bearings!
I'm not a rookie at this, I've seen a LOT of WEIRD stuff happen in my long/screwy "career"!
Just use ONLY a HIGH QUALITY, HIGH TEMP, DISC BRAKE GREASE, torque them to 5 Ft Lbs & you're SAFE!
Bill W.

07-15-2013, 05:34 PM	#8
BILL WILLIAMSON Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: FRESNO, CA Posts: 12,560	Re: brake nut question Confession: When I ran my own shop, I "lost" 2 sets of wheel bearingsin a row, when I ran out of HIGH TEMP DISC BRAKE GREASE while waiting for an order from my oil company. Ran down to Mickey Mouse parts house & grabbed a small can of "ACME"?? all purpose?? bearing grease. Both cars came back later with a constant WHIRRR sound. All the races had minute circular "pot holes"! And I lost an outer front wheel bearing on a '59 Studebaker Lark I had bought because I procrastinated too long before packing the bearings. It didn't "smoke", it just went, SCREEEECH & seized the outer cone to the spindle +%#^$ Bill W. Scares me when some say they even use "all-purpose" grease or even chassis grease for wheel bearings!* I'm not a rookie at this, I've seen a LOT of WEIRD stuff happen in my long/screwy "career"! Just use ONLY a HIGH QUALITY, HIGH TEMP, DISC BRAKE GREASE, torque them to 5 Ft Lbs & you're SAFE! Bill W. __________________ "THE ASSISTANT GURU OF STUFF"