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<x-charset iso-8859-1>I relube the rears every 60K or so, this way I have no worries about them at all. Keith Keith Park Top Notch Restorations topnotch@nycap.rr.com 71 Squareback (with no empty nipples!) 65 Notchback (still suckin its gas!) 65 Squareback 75 Opel 87 Golf 88 Rx7 10th Anniversary ----- Original Message ----- From: Martinez, Leon <martinezl@ftscpac.navy.mil> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 11:40 PM Subject: [T3]Greasing rear wheels, installed greasers > 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 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Too much? Digest! mailto:type3-d-request@vwtype3.org Subj=subscribe > > </x-charset>