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Old 03-09-2004, 10:11 AM
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Originally posted by cyba888
Do you guys lube the bearings for the wheels? Arent they sealed bearings? If so how often do you lube it and with what?
Since I built my 710, I blasted the grease inside all of the bearings (except for the smaller bearings in the clutch and in the diff) and lubed it with Mobil 1 SAE 0W-40. A little heavy for bearing oil but so far so good and I have not yet needed to lube the bearings up till now.

I've regularly cleaned the external part of the bearings with Serpent cleaning gum though. The gum picks out the dirt and dust from the external shield without contaminating the interior bearing race. No air compressor blasting on those parts as dirt goes in and there goes the bearings.

Perhaps on the next major service on the bearings, I'll use the Serpent Bearing Lube 1682.
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