Jim,
I think I had the same printing class teacher ... LOL
Mr Honig .... OH, the hours I spent putting away pied let type after a run on the platen press.
His other pet peeve was the way kids would squeeze the tubes of ink.

Man, we're OLD

Steve
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John,
Same wheel bearings carrying a heavier car. Haynes gives 25,000 miles and doesn't differentiate between marks. Do they really know better than Triumph did?
All the best,
Paul

My experience has been most of the bearing packers dont work well on the relatively small wheel bearings in a triumph, and just manually packing it is very fast anyway. Clean out your hub and fill it about 1/4 full of grease as well.

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Makes sense. Thanks.

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Like Andrew I have found that bearing packers can make more mess and need more clean up and wasted grease than doing it by hand.

One caution. The lithium grease you say you plan to use is good because it is compatable with whatever grease may have been used in the past.
Some other 'wonder greases' (Shaffers come to mind) may have incompatable chemestry.

https://www.machinerylubrication.com/Read/1865/grease-compatibility

I use a Grease gun with wheel bearing grease.for the:
-steering rack (no more than 5 pumps), really just don't want the bellows swelling
-for the rear wheel bearings (every 12 months ),
-some cars have nipples for the u joints - my 1980 has 1

-trunnions (put 85- 90 wt gl4 in the gun to oil the trunnions)


Bill

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1980 Spitfire

I was using boat wheel bearing grease but it separates after a while.

There seem to be quite a few general purpose greases available often lithium and/or molybendum disulphide types.I am sure they would be fine for all applications on Triumphs.
Greasing is not just to get grease in,it is to keep water out and flush out any abrasive debris.
Little ,often and regular is probably more important than small print spec. or brandnames.

As an example, last week I was looking at some bearings in a vehicle ( not aTriumph) that is known to have been greased and generally maintained at frequent intervals by “the book”, but probably with some pretty basic general purpose lubricants and grease for much of its life .The bearings though original, looked hardly worn at all.They were “Aeolus” bearings made by the Bown company in Birmingham -in 1900!

Old school is heat the grease with a torch in a coffee can until liquid and drop in the bearing. The air spaces will bubble out under the heat and as it cools those areas will suck the grease in.

Put the can in the snow if you're in a hurry.

Ask silly, rhetorical questions much, Paul?

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I like that Doug,

That's a great idea, though I don't know if I'd use a torch.
With my luck, I'd hit the kindling/flash point as I passed over the vapors.
How about putting a small amount in a cleaned soup can and heating it
from below with an electric hot plate using a candy thermometer.
Lithium base bearing grease should liquefy somewhere between 350 and 400F

Watch out for splashes and spills and use safety glasses.
Those temperatures could easily cause 3rd degree burns

Somewhere, my 5th grade science teacher is smiling.

Steve



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Microwave for 2 minutes? <grin>

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60 TR3A (red), 62 TR3B project, 72 TR6, 69 Mk3 Spitfire EU setup
https://spitfiremk3.wordpress.com

Bruce ....
I know you were giggling when you said Microwave it .... but that could really be dangerous.
The grease is an organic compound. As such, I think, it will warm and warm and almost instantaneously erupt.

Honey .... I think I just blew up your new microwave

I used to just clamp the can in a vice and prop the flame under it.

Stir with a stick.

Haha. Mine would watch for who laughed when the job case hit the floor. Whoever laughed got to help!

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Best,

Paul