Did a front wheel bearing on my 300zx, and took me almost a week. One half of the new timken bearing fell out of the race. I wiped as much debris off, and because most of the grease was removed by this, I re-added some wheel bearing grease I had.
I guess because it was early, I didn't realize the grease I added was Moly based grease -- after I pressed the hub into the bearing, and the bearing into the spindle.
Timken uses lithium, and I have heard moly/lithium is a bad combo. I really don't want to do this job over again, so I'm wondering how much time could I drive on this bearing. A few weeks, maybe? Has anyone seen wheel bearing failures due to mixing greases?
I guess because it was early, I didn't realize the grease I added was Moly based grease -- after I pressed the hub into the bearing, and the bearing into the spindle.
Timken uses lithium, and I have heard moly/lithium is a bad combo. I really don't want to do this job over again, so I'm wondering how much time could I drive on this bearing. A few weeks, maybe? Has anyone seen wheel bearing failures due to mixing greases?