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well it looks like I better get to work before the rain hits. have fun

 

Those are called creepers. In my opinion they are useless when it comes to greasing a truck. I wont fit under the rear ends lying on a creeper. I usually squeese between the drive tires.
Pharm- In my honest opinion knowing your situation You should stop at a shop every 2weeks and pay for a grease job. It is a quick easy job. $25 Dollars is a standard charge. You just have to make it a priority. Like I have told you in the past Preventative Maint. is as important as putting fuel in the tanks.

 

So does someone have to teach pharm how to grease or is he going to have to tuff it out and do it himself?

 

Go to your local shop and see if they will teach you. I think this is a sign you need to learn alot of things pharm if im let loose with the grease gun all i gotta ask is what first easy stuff man so easy a 15 year old can do it.

 

Rob ill give ya a good run down on all this stuff when i see you. if you wan't. you can buy any large grease gun and a rubberhose from a auto parts store.just buy hitemp grease and your golden.i use Marine hitemp bearing grease becouse its waterproof and dosen't wash away.Walt

 

well that wasn't so bad but i'm highly amazed that my class 8 road tractor uses the same size hub nut (that holds the hub, brake drum,wheel and tire on for you Pharm) as my 1978 jeep CJ7

I guess I should be glad otherwise I would have been unscrewing and retightening the nut with my air chisel like I did on the rear ones. I was actually able to torque this one and do it right. Hopefully it holds, the one I took out looked brand new and the lube was fresh

 

I guess I shoulda took pictures for ya but my hands were to greasy... And I HATE!!!! gear lube.. stinky crap.

when you do a seal you dont take the lug nuts off and pull the wheel and everything seperately. You just unscrew the hub nut and it all comes off together. If you look at the center of your front wheel (or under the chrome cap if you have them) you will see the hub, most have a plug in the center where you can fill the lube. That cap has six bolts holding it on. If you take those 6 blts out and pull the cap off you see one big (2 5/8" I think) nut. ull that nut off and the outer wheel bearing comes out behind it. then you pul the tire/ rim/ brake drum out all as one asembly. SO that one nut is all that holds all that on.

when you pull the wheel out you turn it around and the inner bearing and axle seal are in the rear side of the hub or they may be stuck to the spindle still like mine were.

 

oh and my wife came home for lunch in that time so I had stoped and had lunch with her too... lol.

it's not a hard job, just an oily one. And it would have cost about $200 to have a shop do it. ANd most shops will automaticly say your bearings are shot and then it goes up to about $400