[T3]Greasing rear wheels, installed greasers

["Martinez, Leon" <martinezl@ftscpac.navy.mil>]

I have just greased my rear suspension yesterday. 
I took the stub axil assembly apart, replaced 
seals and cleaned bearings up in solvent.
I found a little evidence of moisture in there.
I think the water in there came from all the deep 
puddles and small streams when driving in the
country. 

I decided to install greasers in the assembly
by drilling, tapping and placing the greaser
nipples. Before I installed the bearings back, 
I worked the grease into the needles and ball
bearings. After I put everything together I pumped 
grease into the assembly with a grease gun until
it got a little hard to pump, this way, positive
pressure is inside the housing, pushing, so the 
moisture will not enter if the wheels happen to 
be under water. Funny, no grease oozed out at
all out of the seals, good seals.

I used high pressure - high temp lithium based
boat trailer grease. 

I did this on some cars that did not have greasers and
that was the last time I ever changed bearings.

Even though I live around Southern California, I do 
not have limits of when or where I drive, when there 
are puddles or small flooding , I do not hesitate so
I have to make my wheels better.

LEON MARTINEZ

1969 SQUAREBACK EFI/AUTO
SAN DIEGO AND TIJUANA



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