<VV> Re: Blower Bearing Lube

[vairologist@juno.com]

> From: ronchoy@comcast.net
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>  I thnk maybe once or twice the lubing didn't work. In one case, I 
> coujldn't get grease forced past the seal. 
>   Which reminds me: our (bought new, so bearing was original) '65 
> 500's original bearing got noisy and I oiled it; this was the one 
> and only time oil ever cured blower bearing noise.  -ron 65,66
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Smitty says;  In my opinion lubing a fan bearing is only buying time.  
No one ever lubes a bearing untill it makes a noise.   By the time one
hears it that means it has already failed.  I have bought some time by
lubing them but that is all anyone can hope for.