Military Vehicles, May 1997,: [MV] M35 Wheel Bearing seals

[MV] M35 Wheel Bearing seals

chrispho@wave.park.wy.us
Mon, 5 May 1997 22:27:53 -0600

Hello
Thanks everyone for the answers to my first question. I will be
getting an operator- maintainance manual (someday parts manual) when my
situation allows. But for now I will have to go on past experience and ask
a question of the list now and then.
I took another rear wheel apart and found the whole seal that was
in pieces on the other side (outer seal). The setup is similar to the rear
of my 42 WC53. With the bearings separated and not depending on
differential gear lube for lubrication. My truck has been setting for
about 20 years and there was only a small amount of what looked like 90
weight in the hub with the bearings. I'm assuming that with the 2 seals
intact, that the bearings should be packed with grease (no way for gear
lube to get to the bearings). Mine weren't. If the bearings don't need to
be packed how do they get lube? If they don't need to be packed why bother
with the outer seal. Shouldn't they get fresh lube like the newer
assemblies without an outer seal? I'm assuming that the last time the
bearings were worked on that they were done right and that the lack of lube
in the hub is just how they are. Please point me in the right direction.
As a reminder or for someome new my M35 is a 1952 with a gas engine
and Timken drive axles.

Thanks for the help.
Todd Hall
Cody, WY, USA

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