<VV> Rear wheel bearing greasing options / observations

[J R Read_HML]

Tony... Unfortunately the tech guide says to drill utill you are through..

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Later, JR

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tony Underwood" <tonyu@roava.net>
>
> The trick is not to drill a hole into the hub.   The hole is drilled into 
> but not through the hub.   Check closely along the way to make sure the 
> drill bit doesn't go through the side of the hub.    Stop just short of 
> the tip of the bit just breaking through the hole into the inside of the 
> hub.   Then use a punch to push through and ream the hole out to accept 
> the grease fitting.
>
> I was under the presumption that this was how it was always done...  no 
> chunks or chips get inside the bearings this way.   And with careful 
> tapping of the hole, only small granular grains of metal remain to get 
> into the bearings which are flushed and cleaned and blown clear with the 
> brake-klene and the compressed air.    A few cycles of the brake-klene and 
> compressed air leaves the inside of the hub pretty well flushed clear. 
> Spinning the hub while doing all this helps a lot.