[FC] FC Rear Axle Bearing

[Diane and Bob Galli]

   I will have to second Ken's statement. I rebuilt mine on our Greenbrier
14 years ago, 85,000 miles ago, been across the country several times. About
time to do it again, "just because".
        Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: <VairMech@aol.com>
To: <corvanatics@corvair.org>
Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 3:58 PM
Subject: Re: [FC] FC Rear Axle Bearing


> In a message dated 2/3/2003 10:32:32 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> paulvair@yahoo.com writes:
>
> > Are these rear wheel bearings something that fail frequntly.I didn't
have a
> > failure on my other trucks.I want to be able to drive my rampside
without
> > that much worry.
> >
>
>    I must answer no to the question, but I also have to say don't trust 30
> year old bearings without at least cleaning and regreasing. I rebuilt the
> bearings on Ole Blue and never had a bit of trouble in 10 years and over a
> 100,000 miles.
>    Ken Hand
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