Thread: Front Wheel Bearing

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Originally Posted by Al G

I pulled off the brake drum. There's no sign of a wheel cylinder leak but the bearing grease is about the color and consistency of a chocolate milkshake. This is definitely what was leaking on the outside of the wheel. What would cause this? Is it a sign the wrong grease was used? New brakes, drums and bearings were installed by a shop about a year (only 300 miles) ago. The clean grease inside the dust cap is red.

The red color grease sounds like Pennzoil's Wheel Bearing Grease, which is good stuff. For grease to be like a chocolate milkshake it needs moisture, seems to me. Have you had the hubs submerged, or in a lot of water?

If it were mine I think I'd clean out all of the old grease, repack the bearings with a good wheel bearing grease, and be attentive to adjusting the pre-load on the wheel bearings when you put it back together. Others may offer some better guidance, but nothing's jumping out at me other than moisture and maybe being set a bit loose.