One of the best parts of the Rallys' is to visit with the owners who have
been keeping care of our rigs since the 60s'. These folks keep teaching us
new things every day that they have been doing for 30 years.
One owner , (I will find his name soon)had a noise in the right front wheel
so he took off the hub to take a look.
(Turns out the problem was a broken shock bolt which he welded with a
welder from the fair grounds maintenance guy. Replaced the shock with a
spare from another owner. Great bunch of guys)
While he had it off, he checked and greased the bearings. Interesting part
is:
1 At least 3 of the owners there never pull the knuckles to grease their
bearings. They take out those awful little retaining bolts, and pull off
the hub. Then they check the bearings, if they look good,reload them with
grease while on the hub , (more on this later) and put the hub back on. It
was very difficult to the retaining bolts back in.
2 They load the bearings with grease with a tool I have never seen
except on the Thoma video. This is a loading cup that fits over the
bearings and you pump grease into the bearings. They used a metal one that
was 30 years old, then the same gentleman that supplied the metal one
showed us the one he usually uses and it is made from a PCV plastic pipe
cap with a zerk in the end. The cap requires no mod except the zerk. The
gap between the two bearings should be covered with plastic electrical tape
so the grease will not leak out, and a plug placed in center of the
bearings so the grease will not leak out. New grease is forced through the
bearings until new grease comes out the bottom. I will write this up for
the web page soon.
There are pictures of this impromptu tech session
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=128904
If you think this is controversial , wait till I tell you what Jardene
exhaust systems said about headers.
gene
Genef -- 77PB/ore/ca
GMC MOTORHOME INFORMATION
mr.erf
http://www.california.com/~eagle/
been keeping care of our rigs since the 60s'. These folks keep teaching us
new things every day that they have been doing for 30 years.
One owner , (I will find his name soon)had a noise in the right front wheel
so he took off the hub to take a look.
(Turns out the problem was a broken shock bolt which he welded with a
welder from the fair grounds maintenance guy. Replaced the shock with a
spare from another owner. Great bunch of guys)
While he had it off, he checked and greased the bearings. Interesting part
is:
1 At least 3 of the owners there never pull the knuckles to grease their
bearings. They take out those awful little retaining bolts, and pull off
the hub. Then they check the bearings, if they look good,reload them with
grease while on the hub , (more on this later) and put the hub back on. It
was very difficult to the retaining bolts back in.
2 They load the bearings with grease with a tool I have never seen
except on the Thoma video. This is a loading cup that fits over the
bearings and you pump grease into the bearings. They used a metal one that
was 30 years old, then the same gentleman that supplied the metal one
showed us the one he usually uses and it is made from a PCV plastic pipe
cap with a zerk in the end. The cap requires no mod except the zerk. The
gap between the two bearings should be covered with plastic electrical tape
so the grease will not leak out, and a plug placed in center of the
bearings so the grease will not leak out. New grease is forced through the
bearings until new grease comes out the bottom. I will write this up for
the web page soon.
There are pictures of this impromptu tech session
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=128904
If you think this is controversial , wait till I tell you what Jardene
exhaust systems said about headers.
gene
Genef -- 77PB/ore/ca
GMC MOTORHOME INFORMATION
mr.erf
http://www.california.com/~eagle/
