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Originally Posted by geeteeohguy
Ram Air, respectfully, I have never had an issue. In decades. I pack a small amount of grease in the open side of the bearing, and that open side gets installed into the crankshaft. The input shaft of the trans then gets installed inside the inner race of the bearing. There is no place for the grease to go. There is no way it can get out and past the input shaft. Centrifugal force would simply throw any excess on the inside of the crank flange, but I haven't had even this happen, as I use a very small amount of grease. I probably put more grease on the input shaft splines to help out the clutch plate. The "Gotcha" was referring to me not knowing about the plastic covers on the newer bearings. That I got the point. It had nothing to do with one-upmanship.
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fair enough, you are one person who has had good luck and no failure with grease and failed bearings. but others replying to this thread and other threads on this forum can tell of major and expensive problems resulting from a failed bearing.
you are correct that a small amount or grease will be slung out when its put on the imput shaft befor installing the tranny. a little goes a long way
but I have seen where it will seap past the outer race of the bearing between the bearing and the crank. in most time but not all times its from over geasing the bearing itself or from leaving grease in the crank shaft after removing the bearing... or the bushing for that matter.
no its got nothing to do with one up manship on this side either. just trying to put good info out there and reffering to other information already on this forum where this has been hashed to death. the final choice is ours alone to make but its important to appreciate all the facts on both sides.
I guess I mis understood what you meant when you said gotcha when you stated that the bearing you installed had no seal and were open on the crankshaft side, actually it would be open on both sides if it had no seal and it would not matter which side is the crank side, and you really do want at least the fly wheel side to be sealed or you will have a problem with grease being slung out. No one up manship here, just hoping that readers understand that its important when installing a geased bearing that there can be a lot of misinformation and confusion out there.
Me? I always use a bushing and re use a bushing and never had another failure