rear wheel hub

[Tony Hoffman]

Any grease that is designed for wheel bearings is good. I use valvoline
synthetic wheel bearing grease.

Tony

On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 12:57 AM, printhead <printhead at usinternet.com> wrote:

> **
> Tony, what do you put in there for grease? I suppose any wheel bearing
> grease is going to do the job, right?
>
> I have always wondered about this as I also have the 30 to 50,000 mile
> experience with wheel bearings. Ticks me off. I am also reminded that the
> famous (to me, anyway) book that I bought back in the 80s, "The
> Water-Cooled VW Performance Handbook", advocated re-packing brand-new wheel
> bearings before you press them in.
>
> I know that the wheel bearings in our cars (and any hub of this design)
> are very prone to installation errors, ie., applying pressing force through
> the balls, thereby denting the races. I am careful to install them
> correctly, but still not getting what I consider satisfactory longevity out
> of them.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Tom LH
> 1995 90q
>