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That inspector told me I was greasing bearings wrong for 10 years

I was doing a wheel hub repack last week and an old inspector walked by my hangar at BWI. He watched me pack the bearing by hand and said I was doing it backwards the whole time. Apparently you need to force the grease through the cage from the back side, not just smear it on the rollers. I tried it and the bearing actually took twice as much grease. Has anyone else been shown a trick like that late in their career?
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barbara_butler
The trick is forcing grease through the cage, not just on the rollers.
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victor_perry90
Wait, twice as much grease? That can't be right, can it?
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