<VV> EM rear wheel bearing grease fitting install?

[Mark Durham]

Ray; you are probably a bit paranoid. But actually, I just replaced
both on my 62, and they were the originals with 40 some years and 68K
miles, Some of the bearings were smaller, and the races had patterns
wore in them, and they made no noise.

Got a pic of the grease zerk idea? I'm interested.

I'm assuming all you would have to do is to pull off the rear drums,
take the 4 nuts off and pull the axles out. This wil expose the area
you need to install the zerk into. If you look at bearing design, it
is possible. If you want to be super careful, take the rivets out and
seperate the housing and back cover, look at the bearings, get the
rivets and grease from Clarks, drill the hole, insert the zerk, pack
the bearings, and then top it off with the zerk. Reinstall.

Mark Durham

On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 6:39 PM, Ray Rodriguez III <vairguy at echoes.net> wrote:
> Greetings Vairfolk,
>
>     One of the remaining areas of concern on the 63' is the rear wheel bearings.  One of my books (HTKYCA I think) shows where to drill the hole and how big, but I don't yet have a shop manual for the EM so I don't know what I have to take apart and how to do it.  Can anyone either link me to instructions or write some up for me?  I really want to get these greased before something goes wrong since they sat for 25 years.
>
>     On a related note, how noticeable is the "rumble" or whatever when a wheel bearing is beginning to fail?  I'm prone to paranoia so every time I drive the car I start thinking I'm hearing a wheel bearing.  I stop the engine, coast a bit, and decide it's just normal road noise and exhaust resonation.  The car is quite noisy inside at this point (needs weatherstripping, bushings, and a muffler pretty badly) so I'm afraid I'll miss it.  On the bright side I fixed the turn signal switch right up today thanks to a tip from a fellow enthusiast.  Boy do I wish my late model cars had such a nice simple signal switch!!!
>
> Ray "Grymm" Rodriguez III
> Lake Ariel, PA
> 66' Corsa 140 coupe
> 63' Monza PG (winter driver)
> 65' Corsa 140 coupe  (under construction)
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