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<x-charset iso-8859-1>Take some pictures, write up what you did and why, then send it to me. I'll put it on my web site...maybe we can have a new section -- "Off-roading your T3 with Leon" 8-D Toby Erkson air_cooled_nut@pobox.com '72 VW Squareback 1.6L bored and stroked to 2.0L, Berg five-speed '95 VW Jetta III GL 2.0L, P-Chip, Jamex sport suspension, 2.25" MagnaFlow exhaust Portland, Oregon, http://www.icbm.org/ >-----Original Message----- >... >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. ... ------------------------------------------------------------------- Search old messages on the Web! Visit http://www.vwtype3.org/list/ </x-charset>