Re: rear axle bearing lube
Your best bet is to hand pack the bearings. Pull the drums off and pack them. A few years after the Model A went out of production Ford discontinued the grease fittings for the real axle wheel bearings on the V8's and recommended hand packing.
Most Model A's on the road today have the rear axle grease seals shot and when you pump grease in through the grease fittings the grease is not directed toward the bearings but travels down the axle shaft and the more you pump in the more it centrifuges around the shaft and travels toward the differential.
Tom Endy
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