Posted by chris case [75.36.35.102] on Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at 21:09:23 :
In Reply to: Anyone run gear oil in wheel bearings?? posted by Glen Id [72.173.32.39] on Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at 21:02:02 :
And they are all Timken style bearings too. (Timken invented the tapered roller bearing)
Modern synthetic lip seals, and modern lubes do just fine in 90 wt.
Peterbilts, or Dana's, that outer seal is obsolete. And has been since the American Leather Packing Company became National Seals, and Chicago Rawhide changed it's name to CR Seals.
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