Wire wheel dust caps

[10musketeer]

I have developed a slight "growl" that seems to come from my right front wheel. (goes away when I turn to the right and take weight off of the wheel.) A local guy gave me some advice saying that I should have been taking the dust caps off of the wire wheel hub and greasing them frequently. Does this sound good, or is this a remnant from the old axel grease cap days 100 years ago?

 

[Bugeye58]

I hope what he meant was to grease the wheel bearings. Your noise sounds like a classic bad wheel bearing.
Jeff

 

[jlaird]

Yep, agree of course, might need adjusting as well. As I remember front wheel bearings are supose to be greased from time to time but I forget the intervel. Was not often.

 

[10musketeer]

So you think if I just shove some more grease in there I can buy myself one more summer? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif I was hoping to do the interior this winter, but maybe I should do the front end instead. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif

 

[mikespain]

regular checking of wheel bearing adjustment prolongs the life aswell as greasing,depends how much the cars used but once they start growling best to change them-not expensive and quite a quick and easy job

 

[jlaird]

Grease is not just shoved in there. Each bearing should be packed so grease gets down where the ball bearings are. in side the race.

 

[startech47]

You need to clean out all of the old grease from the hub, spindle, bearings, and races, if you aren't using the same grease used previously or if you do not know what the old grease is. All greases are not compatible with each other and the mixing of two incompatible greases will result in a compound that is not grease and will cause the bearings to fail. You need to work the grease into the bearings as Jack stated. Phil