In 2008 I had a wheel bearing fail on my '85 190D. My Indy replaced it and I
asked him to repack the other one. He didn't "it hasn't failed" and a couple
months later when we were all in go-slow mode because of an ice storm the other
one failed.
I was livid, here we're in this ice storm, I'm driving the 190D because it was
full of diesel fuel and I can't get gasoline for the truck and the *&%$#! thing
is down because he didn't repack the other bearing.
Fortunately I could get the bearings at my local Car Quest. I veeery carefully
reused the existing seal and got back on the road the next day. That was the
one when I realized I can't do a good enough job setting runout without a dial
indicator, the bearing was good for about 6 months before it started making
unhappy noises. Now with a relatively inexpensive dial indicator from Harbor
Freight I can do them what will last as long as the grease does.
I really like the green MB grease in the squeeze tube but I've used the pink
Mobil 1 too. I don't weigh it, I pack the bearings and then stuff some inside
the hub. I've been thinking about getting a scale though, not sure what to
get...
-Curt
Date: Fri, 4 May 2012 18:57:55 +0000
From: buymbpa...@gmail.com
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Subject: Re: [MBZ] WAS OT CL idiot "I am, liquefying my equipment"
NOW Grease
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But it should be done in pairs because when one first fails they both have the
same milage on them. I have never understood the one side at a time theory.
After 36 years of doing this I still have customers that want to buy 1 brake
disc, please.
Sent on the Sprint? Now Network from my BlackBerry?
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