Whats the best grease to use when packing a wheel bearing?

Just wondering what the best type of Grease would be to use to pack my new wheel bearings with, and any tips and advice? Thanks !

 

I find this odd to be in this place in the forum. Do you have a different truck?

If this is for your 2005 Tacoma, all the bearings are sealed/pre greased from the factory.

 

Everything except the taco use wheel bearing grease.

 

so dont use any? , even on the whole hub assembly? i thought after the bearing was re pressed into the hub you had to load it up with grease? im just really confused trying to learn this for myself, spent the last few hours on tutorials and everything

 

you can pull the bearings apart and pack em before things are pressed... lots of guys will say use lucas red n tacky, mobil 1, or bla bla

I say Valvoline syn power grease is best grease, use it.

 

New grease.

Sealed bearings don't need it though, would only aid in pressing out the bearing later it it went bad again by helping keep corrosion out of the tight press fit area.

 

I guess a lot of us have felt that the packing grease they ship these bearings with is lacking and have decided to pack our bearings, especially because the fronts don't seem to last too long in some cases. I was successful in pulling mine apart only half way but... I packed one side proper and then pushed as much grease into the other as I could. I know you don't want to over fill the bearings but... I felt pretty good about it.

 

There a sealed bearing, and not meant to be pulled apart. Just leave them alone and if you have to replace a hub bearing, just replace it don't go trying to open up the new one.

 

Have you done it?

 

Do it for a living, 45 hours a week

 

Same here, Toyota MDT for over 10 years. I wish they would only make me work 45 hours a week. More like 50 minimum, summer hours are even longer.

Ever notice how most forums bring out the worst in what ever vehicle they focus on?

 

I pack mine too. The reason I do is because the first set I got from the dealership had such light grease on them surface rust was forming on the bearings. I suppose if I was charging $75 an hour I wouldn't have, but it's my truck. Somehow my wheel bearings have held up to 30,000 mostly offroad miles with 37's. That weigh over 150 lbs. On double beadlocks that aren't balanced. I didn't need to change the factory set at 50K, but did it for preventative maintenance. I also applied a little grease to the seal on the CV side, as I found mud in mine. Since doing that I haven't found any mud in there(changed a CV boot and checked) and it's been submerged several times. Sometimes the interwebs is a funny place. Do what makes sense to you.

 

No. they are smeared in packing grease which needs to be removed and replaced with bearing grease..

 

Mobil 1 red grease
I use that for all my bearings.

 

So what you guys saying you are installing wheel bearings for people with packing grease in them
My trust for service just got even lower.

 

I'd say bacon or crisco.

 

Yes, they kinda do. Although the M1 Garand forum I'm on
Don't really bring out any negatives about the gun! And if
people want to pull them apart go head it's not my truck,
just throwing my two cents in. If they wanted them pulled
Apart they would still make em the old way.

 

Before the bearings are installed yes you can physically pull the races out slightly and you could grease them if you wanted.... But you aren't supposed to. Once installed the races don't move and they are a sealed bearing. The grease that comes in them is what they are supposed to use. I've changed probably a dozen or so bearings of this design including both sides on 2 different second gen tacomas and I've never had to do one over again. Due to it's design and the inner seal riding on the CV shaft I think we're all just going to have to accept these bearings are only going to last around 75k miles. It's not that bad a job to do with the right tools.

 

Haha, that is funny. Let me guess, you sit behind a desk and type on a computer all day. You only do what the internets tell you. I'm saying I don't take apart sealed and factory greased bearings. I guess you could do it as an experiment, with some bearings lasting upwards of 300k miles and some only going 30k miles, do what you want. It is just a crapshoot on driving conditions and style. Factory grease FTW.

Toyota Factory training in not a novelty item. The grease the bearing come with is not just some light assembly lube. As an example, look in every factory manual, find me one section where it says to grease a factory sealed bearing. Or how about factory training manuals on drive trains, look in there for proper lubrication of sealed bearings.