Kebowers, tightened by hand, with tool, not fingers. You do have to load the hub assembly with some force, then back off, can't do that without more leverage than fingers. And in that scenario, cockiness or boneheadedness must have gotten me in trouble.

Everyone says the bearings rarely fail, and that is probably true. It is the sometimes that matter, eh?

As to the grease, I have heard both ends from experts: some greases are compatible with all, never mix different greases. I'll stick to the safe way: clean everything up, rinse the hub of residual grease, and pack bearings and hub with fresh grease. Can't hurt, takes no real time or effort once you are that deep into a job.

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Peter
1985 300TD 4-speed 212K
1992 400E 343K
2001 E320 72K