Do 14 bolt FF wheel bearings need grease?

[garydan]

I've reassembled my hubs, although all I really did was replace the seals. I have everything back on the axle with the disc brake conversion done (other than plumbing). All I did was douse the bearings with some gear oil. It didn't look like the bearings were packed with grease when I first took the hub off.

Is that acceptable? Since the bearings "run wet" anyway? I'm lazy and I don't want to disassemble everything again unless its highly recommended to grease them up.

 

[cegusman]

They don't need grease.

 

[K5er4Life]

I concur, no grease

 

[George_Pimpdaddy]

no grease but you might wanna bath them in gear oil before install

 

[manchildau65]

What happens if you put grease on them...? I realized that it was a wet system after I assembled and sealed.

 

[British Slave]

Nothing. The gear oil in the housing will wash it out.

 

[garydan]

Thanks for the reply guys. With searching I found so many people saying to use X grease or Y grease... marine grease....etc...etc. Do you have to grease the Dana 60 bearings? Or is that a "wet system" also? Maybe all the posts I saw were related to the front axle?

 

[Chaddy]

You pack the 60 bearings, and bath the 14boltff bearings in 80/90 weight

 

[mulvanered]

I would recommend packing them with some sort of wheel bearing grease. It sometimes takes awhile for the gear lube to get to them. Just added insurance.

 

[BGKYK5]

Or the old - install axles, fill diff, jack up both sides one at a time to let the gear oil flow down to the bearings - trick.