Wheel Bearings - Oil or Grease?

[siii8873]

JEFF SIII ????, any pictures?

I did some searching, but didn't find what I was looking for. On my old 63, the wheel bearings were oil lubricated and the hubs had small oil fill ports to allow for an initial charge of oil upon re-assembly. My 73 SIII doesn't have these ports. All I have right now is the SII/IIA green manual, but it doesn't mention anything about using grease on the wheel bearings.

So, should the wheel bearings on the SIII be greased? If so, won't the oil from the rear differential or swivel pin housings eventually contaminate the grease? Just wondering what everyone else is doing.

Also, can someone point me in the direction of info on greasing the swivel pin housings versus using oil?

Thanks,
Jeff

[kenscs]

JEFF SIII ????, any pictures?

As yorker described, I found the filler hole in the flange stud that lines up with screw and flange nut. Looks like once I put the new Axle flange seal on, replace, I can fill up with Gear oil and be good to go. It might kill me to put bearing on though without packing them with bearing grease. Never relied on gear oil before. Anyone know how many ounces to put in the fill hole the first time you fill it? I assume you want a small bath of oil that just sort of touches the bottom of the bearings, but not be up so high it goes over the half shaft.

[siii8873]

No I meant pictures of the truck? Didn't know Jeff had a SIII.

[I Leak Oil]

This thread is quite old and I think he's refering to his airportable.
Of course I could be wrong....

[jac04]

This thread is quite old and I think he's refering to his airportable.
Of course I could be wrong....

Sorry, been 'off the grid' on vacation for a while. Yes, I was talking about my SIII Air Portable.

[Papa Romeo]

I used 90wt on my old SIII... but based on the picture (attached), looks like the PO used grease in the SIIa. I haven't pulled the rear wheel off in the year I've owned it. I was going to change the diff/trans/tcase oil next week anyway, before I do, should buy a new seal to fix what appears to be a leak? Haven't seen any such black streak on any other wheel yet.

Thanks,

[UnfrozenCaveman]

If you want to use one shot grease I suggest axle assemblies with CV joints in them.

Priceless

What, no discussion of Tracta joints