Bearing repacking v.some thoughts from repacking day and oil comments
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I don't -really- have a "race" car. Just rally and autocross.
The Subaru rally car gets Rotella T6. I'll use the same stuff in my MX-5 powered Mazda Rally truck when it's completed next year.
The autocross car gets Torco. I've been using SR-5 and V-Series-SS. I went in with a friend and bought the remaining stocks from a distributor and still have a few dozen cases.
In the late '80s I used to autocross an F-Prepared Datsun 240Z. It was an extremely loose engine with very high compression. That engine got Mobil-1, which was about as good as it got back then. And it got changed out fairly often too. But I was inside the engine about every fourth event.
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Is this too much?
Writeup on how to repack hubs. Ill probably make a little video when i do mine this weekend.
http://waltermotorsports.com/v/Racing/hub/
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The "multiple times per event" car is a rally car.
I don't -really- have a "race" car. Just rally and autocross.
The Subaru rally car gets Rotella T6. I'll use the same stuff in my MX-5 powered Mazda Rally truck when it's completed next year.
The autocross car gets Torco. I've been using SR-5 and V-Series-SS. I went in with a friend and bought the remaining stocks from a distributor and still have a few dozen cases.
In the late '80s I used to autocross an F-Prepared Datsun 240Z. It was an extremely loose engine with very high compression. That engine got Mobil-1, which was about as good as it got back then. And it got changed out fairly often too. But I was inside the engine about every fourth event.
I don't -really- have a "race" car. Just rally and autocross.
The Subaru rally car gets Rotella T6. I'll use the same stuff in my MX-5 powered Mazda Rally truck when it's completed next year.
The autocross car gets Torco. I've been using SR-5 and V-Series-SS. I went in with a friend and bought the remaining stocks from a distributor and still have a few dozen cases.
In the late '80s I used to autocross an F-Prepared Datsun 240Z. It was an extremely loose engine with very high compression. That engine got Mobil-1, which was about as good as it got back then. And it got changed out fairly often too. But I was inside the engine about every fourth event.
They're the same in my experience aside from the rear hubs on a MSM.
Not too much for the outboard side, its too much on the inboard side because if the grease pushes out it will attract lots of brake dust and chew up the innards.
I'd repack them annually if they don't die during the season. I always have 2-spares with me because sooner or later you'll need them.
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What was different about the rears on the msm? I replaced my rear bearings with standard issue Napa bearings.
I would give mad props to anyone that can get the rears out without breaking the bearing. The outer race stayed on the hub when i pressed mine apart and everything fell to **** in the bearing.
I would give mad props to anyone that can get the rears out without breaking the bearing. The outer race stayed on the hub when i pressed mine apart and everything fell to **** in the bearing.
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What was different about the rears on the msm? I replaced my rear bearings with standard issue Napa bearings.
I would give mad props to anyone that can get the rears out without breaking the bearing. The outer race stayed on the hub when i pressed mine apart and everything fell to **** in the bearing.
I would give mad props to anyone that can get the rears out without breaking the bearing. The outer race stayed on the hub when i pressed mine apart and everything fell to **** in the bearing.
The center race coming out with the hub does not mean its damaged. The outboard race usually does not want to come off the hub so I simply clean it off, then bolt it back together. Its good insurance to repack the rear because changing them out SUCKS.
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