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Originally Posted by 78w72
not quite sure what your comments are referring to, of course you use wheel bearing grease in wheel bearings, tapered or ball bearing. what you quoted in bold was my reply to the comment about "hope you dont replace tapered wheel bearings using the same theory"... wheel bearings are designed for wheel bearing grease, pilot bearings are not, at least not the ones we are talking about here, & that was confirmed by timken. funny how when you post facts by the manufacturer the ones arguing thats not how to do it go silent.
i said that using wheel bearing or chassis grease in a pilot bearing wont cause it to self destruct, just stating they are not designed to use it for the reason timken & many others say. they come pre lubed with the correct type of grease, add whatever type & amount you want, but doubting what the engineers that design them say to use doesn't really make much sense IMO.
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I'm not silent, not in the least. Ball bearing wheel bearings were used in pre 62 Pontiacs, and they used wheel bearing grease. Wheel bearing grease is the same stuff I've used for pilot bearings, and will continue to if I ever have the need to. I had all the same points Jeff made typed out, but he said what I had typed in a response. Not to be redundant I didn't respond, so you think I was silenced by the post you made...LOL, not quite.
I've worked in maintenance shop, we had many pieces of equipment that had ball bearings in it, guess what we used to lube it, wheel bearing grease.
The points you make have little merit, so I'm not going to argue back and forth about grease, to dignify your remarks. I know what works, I don't need your blessings, or the guy that answers the phone on the tech line at Timken.
Not everyone uses Timken bearings. I've taken other brands of pilot bearings out of the wrappers that were dry. So in that case, would you install them dry?
I know that what I've been doing for 50 + years are good practices, I know that wheel bearing grease works fine for pilot bearings in a Pontiac. Jeff told you the exact same thing that I did. He and I have close to 100 years spinning wrenches in the automotive field. Maybe you can BS a newbie about your claims, but we're far from newbies.
This isn't the first time you've tried to contradict advice I've given on this forum. Who goes to the trouble to call Timken, to deliver second hand information just to be contrary to a post I made?
If you disagree with my advice, just block me so you don't have to see it.
I try to be helpful to people on this board by posting tips and things that make working on these cars easier, gained from my father that worked at a Pontiac dealer in the 30s, until he retired in the late 70s. Plus my own experience that I've gained since I graduated from high school/trade school in 1970. I don't give out bad advice to members, and I made a living doing it for 50 years, plus built, and drove my own race cars as my hobby. I have a understanding of what works, and what doesn't.
FWIW, I've seen engineers make mistakes too, they're only human. I wouldn't put all my trust in choice of grease, just because someone has a piece of sheepskin on their wall. Common sense doesn't come with a degree.