hub & axle question

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Originally Posted by Warb

So what is the correct rebuild process? If a filler is present, is it correct to use 1/3 pint of oil as the old manual says? And more imporantly, if a filler isn't present (as is the case with replacement "round" drive members) should the hub and bearings be packed with grease, or just "lightly greased" in the hope that oil will flow from the diff?

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That is correct - fill with oil if there is a filler, or grease the bearings if not. I would pack the bearings properly but not the space in between them where the stub axle is.

Dufor made valves as well,

Cheers Charlie

No filler? Just drive a quick figure-8,and the oil gets pushed into the hubs,check the oil again in the diff and top up if necessary W.

I'm going to go against the general consciences. I wouldn't put oil in the hub assembly front or rear. Even if you have found a way to do that via the allen key filler screw. Pack the wheel bearings well with good quality grease, get quite a bit in there. Make sure the hub seal and seal ride on the stub axle are in good nick, and the breather on the axle housing is working, and you will be laughing. Oil will find it's way into the hub any way and mix with the grease the result is a sort of really thick oil or thin grease that is less inclined to find its way out through the hub seal and ultimately on to the brakes, or out the drive member caps and on to the wheels for that matter.

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Originally Posted by MJKMS

I'm going to go against the general consciences. I wouldn't put oil in the hub assembly front or rear. Even if you have found a way to do that via the allen key filler screw. Pack the wheel bearings well with good quality grease, get quite a bit in there. Make sure the hub seal and seal ride on the stub axle are in good nick, and the breather on the axle housing is working, and you will be laughing. Oil will find it's way into the hub any way and mix with the grease the result is a sort of really thick oil or thin grease that is less inclined to find its way out through the hub seal and ultimately on to the brakes, or out the drive member caps and on to the wheels for that matter.

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If you ever have to do repairs away from home, away from the comforts of your workshop and have to take your hub apart and clean it, it'd be a lot easier and less messy if it only contained oil. W.

Oil is also a much better lubricant than grease for bearings anyway; so if the facility exists to fill it with oil; go for it!

Grease is used on later hubs to provide initial lubrication until the oil gets in there,

Cheers Charlie