[AT] Wheel bearings

[Tyler Juranek]

Hi Greg,
 That is what I am afraid of with these bearings. But my thinking is
that if the grease was not cutting it, we'd hear a grinding noise, or
something to indicate that there was to much friction there.
 I chatted with my grandfather as well about this. Grandpa gave me
this Oliver and grew up running and driving an 88 that is very similar
to the one I have. He said that putting grease in those bearings
wouldn't hurt anything, and said that the grease would stay in the
bearings longer.
 With my fluctuating hearing loss, it could be that my hearing is just
deceiving me greatly, I think. If a pair of eyes says that the wheel
is turning freely, than I'd say that its probably a safe judgement,
although I would like to hear what you all know about this.
 Thanks!
 Tyler

On 6/5/17, Greg Hass <ghass at m3isp.com> wrote:
> I'm sure everyone is right with their advice but I will add a slightly
> different angle. A person who I went to country school with lived right
> next to the school. His dad bought a John Deere 420 crawler with a
> loader. They used it a lot; I can remember them pulling a 12 foot spring
> tooth harrow a lot. He said when they tiled the farm he spent days in
> first gear pulling a subsoiler opposite the tile runs to get it to work
> better. This was in the late 50's or early 60's. Fast forward to 4 years
> ago; the dad died and even though he had not farmed in 30 years he would
> not sell the crawler even though he had at least 30 offers, he did
> however keep it in running condition. About this time I happened to talk
> to his son, the first I had seen him in 30 years. We got to talking
> about the crawler and he mentioned that they had to replace all the
> rollers that the track ran on. He said they couldn't understand it as
> they took the plugs out and greased them faithfully. It turns out that
> they were to take out the plugs and fill to bearing level with 90 weight
> oil and that would move around and lube the bearings. The grease they
> were putting in just stayed in the center and greased nothing. Expensive
> lesson learned.
>                  Greg Hass
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