bearings
I completely understand and accept both methods of re-packing or greasing wheel bearings. I've used both, but prefer to clean the wheel bearings in mineral spirits and then wash them with a grease cutting detergent. I then blow them dry with compressed air (no spinning), lay them on a paper shop rag for a couple of hours with a paper shop rag over them. I then re-pack them with new grease. I've never understood why the wheel bearings have to be re-packed with clean grease every year at inspection. They are sealed very well, hardly ever exposed to water, and probably have less than 100 miles on them in a years time. Automobiles will go thousands and thousands of miles without being re-packed and they are subjected to much greater stress than airplanes see. Oh well......better to be safe than sorry. Sure don't want one of them to freeze up on takeoff or landing.