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Old 02-24-2012, 12:01 PM
Waxy Waxy is offline
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Originally Posted by perchjerker View Post
How do you check the inner bearing?

If the grease seal is leaking its going to show up there first.
Agreed.

I'm not a fan of bearing buddies. People tend to jam too much grease in them, which causes the rear seal to blow when things heat up. That leads to expensive brake repairs and bearing failures.

IMHO, better to check and repack once a year, it's easy and cheap.

Waxy
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