if I ever go racing, Im assigning you- josh as crew chief! lol
----- Original Message -----
From: "Josh Battles" <jbattles@bankfinancial.com>
To: <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 1:30 PM
Subject: Re: DML: Re: brakes???
>
> <Tubamirbls@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:195.1c6bc3fd.2c2c88b6@aol.com...
>
> > If they would have just left the zerk fittings on these I know
> > there
> > would be fewer warranty claims. Same goes for a conventional pair of
> wheel
> > bearings requiring a 10k mi interval for repacking
> >
> > Paul Sahlin
>
> Paul
> I hear that... If they left the zerc's on or even allowed the traditional
> 10 - 20K mile repack on bearings they'd be able to charge people to have
> it
> done! I see that as cutting down expendatures for them (cheaper parts)
> and
> increasing service revenues (making people pay for the services).
> Repacking
> bearings and greasing zercs isn't really that big of a deal, I used to be
> able to lube in entire suspension and repack the front wheel bearings on
> my
> mustang in about an hour, 30 mins with airtools. most of the time was
> spent
> in dissassembly of the wheels/brakes in the front. I would repack the
> rear
> axle bearings at 20K intervals when I changed the diff fluid. (in a car
> with a lsd, when you autoX race very heavily you wear out the friction
> modifier way faster.) I helped my friend to the brakes on his 79 buick
> something-or-other last weekend, he couldn't believe that I'd repacked all
> the bearings (4 races) in the time it took him to go get us another round
> from the fridge.
>
> --
> - Josh
> Lowered 2000 Dakota CC 3.9L
>
>
>
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