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Topic: Wheel Bearing Maintenance Posted: 23 Apr 2018 at 5:04pm |
Please allow me to amend this: "Wheel Bearing and Chassis Grease" Part #75-601 https://www.napaonline.com/en/p/NO_75601 |
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seafans
Senior Member Joined: 24 Nov 2017 Online Status: Offline Posts: 155 |
Posted: 23 Apr 2018 at 9:09pm |
The Wheel Bearing and Chassis Grease Part #75-601 is made by Valvoline and it is a paraffin base grease. I did not find any particular grease spec such as NLGI#2, so it could be "cool whip" If you can find someone local that sales AMSOIL products the Synthetic Multi-Purpose Grease is the way to go. This grease will not separate or liquefy and seep through the wheel seal seals. If you have the Leppart 10" hubs on your R-pod the seals might be 10-19 NAPA part number. They have the same numbers on them as the manufacture. Net price is about $2.29.
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rawest50
Senior Member Joined: 07 Mar 2017 Location: Arkansas Online Status: Offline Posts: 440 |
Posted: 23 Apr 2018 at 10:22pm |
How do you install on the hub. I looked and I have a chrome dome cover on the end of the axle. Does ithe cover pop or screw off? Then what? Snap on or screw? I had a boat long ago and they just snapped on and we’re spring loaded. These look a 100 times better.
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2017.5 RPod 179
2017 Jeep Unlimited Wrangler 2017 Chevy Colorado Z71 Off Road Crew Cab 2 Weiner dogs Great wife puts up with my BS ❤️ Thoroughbred Racing. |
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lostagain
Senior Member Joined: 06 Sep 2016 Location: Quaker Hill, CT Online Status: Offline Posts: 2587 |
Posted: 23 Apr 2018 at 10:36pm |
The hub pops off. The axle nut is held in place by a bent washer, at least on ours, rather than a cotter key.
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Never leave footprints behind.
Fred & Maria Kearney Sonoma 167RB Our Pod 172 2019 Ford F-150 4x4 2.7 EcoBoost |
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TheBum
Senior Member Joined: 26 Feb 2016 Location: Texas Online Status: Offline Posts: 1407 |
Posted: 24 Apr 2018 at 11:17am |
If you're using the zerk fitting to regrease, make sure you use a grease with a red lithium base so that you don't end up mixing different types. The grease I use is the Lucas "Red-n-Tacky".
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Alan
2022 R-Pod 196 "RaptoRPod" 2022 Ram 1500 Lone Star 4x4 Three cats |
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DavMar
Senior Member Joined: 04 Aug 2017 Location: Lexington, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 592 |
Posted: 24 Apr 2018 at 3:33pm |
Is it the older axles that you manually have to pack the grease in the bearings because I thought the new axles has a zerk fitting to re-grease them with a grease gun?
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Dave & Marlene J with Zoey the
wonder dog. 2017 Rpod 180 2016 Toyota Tacoma SR5 4x4 Lexington, NC |
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mcarter
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 07 Apr 2016 Location: Greenbrier, TN Online Status: Offline Posts: 3419 |
Posted: 24 Apr 2018 at 3:40pm |
Good question, I think fact is some members choose to hand pack rather than use Zerk. Personally I use the zerk.
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Mike Carter
2015 178 " I had the right to remain silent, I just didn't have the ability." |
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jato
Senior Member Joined: 23 Feb 2012 Location: Kewadin, MI Online Status: Offline Posts: 3226 |
Posted: 24 Apr 2018 at 7:06pm |
Ours was manufactured January 2011 and came with the zerk on the axle. I have done it both ways, first couple times manually by hand and for the past 4 years using the zerk. We use a grease with graphite in it. The salesman compared it to the Amsoil grease, which we used to use. Amsoil is an excellent grease, this IMHO is even a bit better (produced by Chemsearch) however, if you are going to be on a regular schedule greasing (which you should be) this is a mute point.
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God's pod
'11 model 177 '17 Ford F-150 4WD 3.5 Ecoboost Jim and Diane by beautiful Torch Lake "...and you will know the Truth and the Truth will set you free." |
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malkbean2
Groupie Joined: 31 Jan 2017 Online Status: Offline Posts: 80 |
Posted: 25 Apr 2018 at 6:58am |
Some greases are incompatible. Does anybody know what the manufacturer uses?
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furpod
Moderator Group - pHp Joined: 25 Jul 2011 Location: Central KY Online Status: Offline Posts: 6128 |
Posted: 25 Apr 2018 at 7:33am |
Ours had a build date of 10/10, and it had the ez lube.
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