<VV> Early rear bearing leaks

[larry]

Please clarify......are these bearing from Clarks?  Clarks bearing are
packed with silicon grease, not oil.  I put Clarks bearing on my 64 last
year and after several hundred miles the grease bypassed the seals onto the
brake shoes.  Clarks bearing came with silicon grease and I had assumed all
of the grease should be put into the bearing (I assembled them myself).  My
option is that they were over greased and bypassed the seals.  Clarks should
have specified or supplied the correct amount of grease.  I checked the
bearings after another 299 or so miles and no problem.  I intend to remove
the wheels next week for another look.  I will keep you posted.

Larry

-----Original Message-----
From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
[mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of Markpowhatan at aol.com
Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2012 5:23 PM
To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: <VV> Early rear bearing leaks

I have brand new rear axle bearings in my 63 Spyder, and after driving  it 
a while, I decided to re-torque the housing nuts, and noticed that a little

oil had oozed out of the bearing housings and down the backing plates a  
little.  Aren't the bearings supposed to be sealed?  So far the new
bearings 
have been about 5,000 miles with no trouble.  Mark  Francis   63 Spyder
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