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skipmarcy · 05-11-2008, 11:59 PM

If you are talking about just the dust cap with a fitting in it, it's useless - doesn't get grease in the bearings where it is needed. If you are talking about the dust cap with the rubber cover over the grease fitting that is installed in the end of the axle itself, yes it will regrease the bearings but you risk over-greasing and pushing grease past the hub seal and into the brake drum. Plus you don't get to clean the bearings and visually inspect them like you should and have them re-torqued properly.

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skipmarcy Gold Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Erin, Tenn. Posts: 325	Re: Axel bearing grease If you are talking about just the dust cap with a fitting in it, it's useless - doesn't get grease in the bearings where it is needed. If you are talking about the dust cap with the rubber cover over the grease fitting that is installed in the end of the axle itself, yes it will regrease the bearings but you risk over-greasing and pushing grease past the hub seal and into the brake drum. Plus you don't get to clean the bearings and visually inspect them like you should and have them re-torqued properly. __________________ Mahindra 4110, FEL w/5' & 6' QA buckets & forks, 6' Atlas boxblade, 6' Howse rotary, Leinbach PHD w/9" & 12", 1 bottom plow, MF 2/3 bottom plow, 20"x6' bog disc,TSC subsoiler, TSC middlebuster, 6 ton Anderson 12' dump trailer, 20' Hurst 14k flat trailer.