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Faunsdale, AL | If there’s no grease fitting, adding some oil in lieu of taking the wheel off, cleaning and repacking the bearings makes sense to me. I don’t think it matters much what sort of oil you’re adding.
My procedure is to jack the wheel up, shake it, spin it etc and judge the condition of the bearings. Sometimes this results in a trip to buy a set of bearings! Usually better to be broke down before you get on the road and unable to travel than to break down on the way.
If it seems like they’re viable, I may adjust them and take up excess slack. Then fill cap with whatever oil you have and knock it on. If the cap is full of grease, I scrape it out and replace with the oil.
Old #2 grease with some oil in it approximates the consistency of corn head grease. While I don’t usually use corn head grease in wheel bearings, I can’t see how it would be a bad choice especially if you use the equipment in cold temperatures. I would question how moisture resistant it is, but I’ve never used it. | |
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Cornhead grease in implement wheel hubs ?
