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Check your current bearings. They may be fine (all rollers shiny) and just need a grease re-pack. The W123 cars used the same bearings as a Chevy truck, so are beefy. But, I did find a pitted one in my 1984 (cone only, race was still shiny so left it). I always used quality grease, like Moly and insure marked "for disk brakes". Pack it from the end by hand until it squeezes thru all the rollers. BTW, I found the "fits Chevy" thing when I got a Made in Germany bearing in a thrift store bag of assorted auto parts for $3. Looked it up and sold it on ebay for $5. Later, I found it fit my W123 (kicked myself).
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Got a big can of high temperature synthetic wheel bearing grease for disk brakes have had for years. Only issue is was the lid walked off ages ago (back when in High School). I love packing bearings, find therapeutic. Real bummer on the bearings.
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I found that the absolute best way to pack bearings is to use a sandwich baggie, its the most clean way and makes sure you have grease in the roller areas. Furthermore you can use that baggie to squeeze the remaining into the hub as mentioned in the repair manual.
Im looking for my favorite bearing grease but apparently penzzoil have stopped selling it.
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Setting the preload with a dial indicator will go a long ways toward eliminating pitted rollers.
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Why was it your favorite? Isn't grease, grease, so long as meets the basic requirements?
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