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  1. 06-03-2014, 07:57 PM #1
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    Help--stumped

    Ok, I have a 91 ranger trail that i've had for 3 yrs. Don't travel far except for a couple of trips a year back home to Guntersville about 300 miles round trip. Rest of the time about 3 miles back and forth to the local ramp.

    I don't think by the way the hubs looked, that they had ever been taken off. Anyway, i figured that it couldn't hurt to put in new grease. I've read where these type hub/bearings would take a needle type fitting to get the grease in. I'll be dang if I can figure it out. I've tried two different type needle's and neither will put grease in this fitting. Any advise will be greatly appreciated and i know that it is probably something very simple that i'm screwing up!!!

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    #2 06-03-2014, 10:02 PM
    If the hubs haven't been serviced in a while, the old grease in the hole in the center of the spindle might have gotten hard and is too tough for the grease to push loose. I would take a thin wire and see if you can push it through the hole in the center of the spindle to loosen things up.
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    #3 06-05-2014, 09:22 AM
    Thanks Jeff, that did the trick! I hope I don't have to mess with that for a while!!! Dang, what a mess. You can tell those dust caps have been taken off and on now!
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    #4 06-05-2014, 07:12 PM
    Would be better off to pull the hubs and repack every thing, should never use a greese gun on a bearing anyway. Upgrade everything while you have it out.
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    #5 06-05-2014, 10:36 PM
    Glad it worked. I had a 1991 Ranger 390 and had the same thing happen once. The thin wire got the grease moving.
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