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Old 03-05-2005, 01:05 AM   #7
fishnbum
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Originally Posted by Bill
I'm about to do my EZ-Lubes again, as we prepare to leave Maine for Arizona. Having learned from the last couple times, and after discussion with MikeD about his Nev-R-Fails, I think that this time I am going to pop off the little sheet metal hub cover before I connect the grease gun. It's just a friction fit, and should come off fairly easily if I tunk it with a piece of wood. With the cover off, it will be a lot easier to see what I am doing, get the old grease off the hub, avoid cut fingers, and avoid grease splats all over the wheel as we travel. If anything goes wrong with this approach, I'll post - but I think it will be a big improvement.

Bill
Removing the hub is a HUGE improvement. Place several sheets of newspaper under the tire and the grease just drops to the ground as you add more. In no time clean grease appears, a simple wipe around the edges with finger and clean up is done. Just make sure you get the hub seated all the way back in when you put it back on.
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