Bearing grease

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Hi lads just about to replace my wheel bearings on the old disco 1 300tdi I've got some cat NLGI #2
high speed bearing grease will this do the job or is it over kill I get it free and like the sound of it as it helps protect from salt water ect
 
In my opinion, if you ever go off-roading, green laning or simply puddle dipping on the road, then bearing grease is NOT an overkill in either the type or the quantity ... ;)

If you get it for free or very cheap, doubly so ... ;)
 
In my opinion, if you ever go off-roading, green laning or simply puddle dipping on the road, then bearing grease is NOT an overkill in either the type or the quantity ... ;)

If you get it for free or very cheap, doubly so ... ;)

I does make me wonder, why, when you get the bearing kits and you normally receive a small sachet of grease...............but why is it so small??????? LOL...

Cheers
 
I does make me wonder, why, when you get the bearing kits and you normally receive a small sachet of grease...............but why is it so small??????? LOL...

Cheers

I was always told that it's not good to overload a bearing with grease. Bearings should have some "room to breathe". Over time, as the grease hardens, it can produce small holes where the actual balls or rollers will sit without coming into contact with the lubricating medium, whereas if the bearing isn't overloaded then the grease can move around with the bearing devices.
 
Landy hubs have a 'built in' area for that, the space between the races .. the bearing shells and rollers themselves I like to pack very well ... :)
 
Landy hubs have a 'built in' area for that, the space between the races .. the bearing shells and rollers themselves I like to pack very well ... :)

Bearing packing with grease is really a bit of a "trade-off", depending on the use.
When a bearing set is going to be presented with adverse conditions such as muddy, gritty water then yes, use the grease as a protection as well as a lubrication. When the bearing is going to be used in less "hazardous" conditions, then less loading with grease might be in order.
The important thing to remember is that all bearings require some sort of lubrication, whether that's during manufacture as "sealed for life" units or regularly greased by the user during the ongoing life of the bearing.
I like to use a lithium based grease such as the old Castrol LM grease although, I prefer to use LM grease with added Molybdenum disulfide, the dark charcoal grey coloured stuff. Many years ago, the Steel Company of Wales did a test of molybdenum disulfide loaded grease on some of their heavy duty bearings in the rolling mills and found that instead of changing them every week, they could push replacement forward to almost three weeks.
 
Heheh, I had a spate where to save money (bolocksss) I used cheap bearings ... They lasted maybe two outings. I now use Timken and haven't had issues since other than over tightening of one bearing set (My fault entirely).

I also use this grease and have found it both cheap but pretty damn good .. Grease It's easy to use either with a grease gun or just squeezing it out .. ;)
 
I had a spate where to save money (bolocksss) I used cheap bearings ... They lasted maybe two outings. I now use Timken and haven't had issues since other than over tightening of one bearing set (My fault entirely).

I was looking this week for a spare set of wheel bearings. Cheapest unbranded pair including tab washer / seal and paper gasket £10, generic bearmach etc branded kit approx £15, Timken branded kit with seal, tab washer etc. £19.30......................... So, a timken bearing costs £2 more than a generic bearing....I know which one I ordered.

Cheers
 
If people insist on dipping hot hubs into cold water, they ARE going to need the bearings changing more often. It's a simple rule of the game you are playing.
 
If people insist on dipping hot hubs into cold water, they ARE going to need the bearings changing more often. It's a simple rule of the game you are playing.

Yeah, which was why I bought Chinese for a while and treated them almost as consumables. Cost a friggin' fortune. Even my spares are now Timken .. :)
 
The grease I'm going to use is the stuff we use on the large cat machines it uses polyurea fillers instead of lithium soap fillers so as I'm changing bearings all round and cleaning every thing it should be fine its very resistant to salt water
ect only using Timken bearings went into craddocks other day walked out with 8 bearings 2 calipers new discs looked at the bill when I got home and the bearings only £2 each sod that orderd Timken that 2 pound sh#t is not going on my motor
 
Says ont tub its good shit. At £3.50 it should be anorl.

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Hi lads just about to replace my wheel bearings on the old disco 1 300tdi I've got some cat NLGI #2
high speed bearing grease will this do the job or is it over kill I get it free and like the sound of it as it helps protect from salt water ect
Oh. Found a gap in the fence at craddocks have we............o_O

:p

I'll take 4 kilos if its free................... :eek:
 
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