Another episode today of "One Step Forward, Two Steps Back"
I have been looking forward to premiering my Lisle 34550 wheel bearing packer for quite some time. Found an almost full can of stringy heavy duty grease and filled the Lisle about half full. Following directions to the letter, but no grease would penetrate the roller bearings. The grease was old but in a sealed metal can.
Don't know what went wrong except maybe the grease viscosity overpowered the 180 pounds of body weight effort I put into the down force. Going to buy some grease that is a little less viscous tomorrow. I wiped off the roller bearing and dumped it into some gasoline and the gasoline stayed clean which tells me bearing still good and dry.
I had to spend quite a time cleaning out the grease I packed into the Lisle before the next attempt.
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