'56 Rear Axle Bearings

Posted by John Payne On 2013/10/1 3:18:45

G'day Fellas, I need a little of your expert advice. This may have been a previous topic but my search didn't turn anything up. As my Patrician seems to be going through a service or replace phase, I'm trying to get ahead of the game.

In a previous topic I spoke about brakeing issues, specifically that the reco'ed BTV has insufficient power boost for my liking. I had the front brakes relined about 18 months ago but this didn't help. Yesterday I went back to the brake place and they suggested that "woven" linings, although a little dearer, would make the world of a difference. So, I had already bought a replacement set of shoes from Mike Dulinski and I'm now getting them relined with woven at the moment. After this I plan to have the rear shoes relined with the same stuff, which incidentally my brake specialist said would work much better if both shoe linings were the same size. I can't recall if they are different sizes like the fronts, but will give his idea a go if they are.

This brings me to the reason for this topic. While I'm fiddling about on the rear end, is it possible to regrease the wheel bearings? I think I recall reading somewhere that it is possible to do some modification to enable regreasing, but I can't remember exactly what it was or where it is. Other than that, do I just have to wait until the bearings need to be replaced? If it is this then I hope I'm not caught out wherever I am at the time. Cheers, John