sealed axle bearings

do you grease rear sealed axle bearing in a 9" Ford rear end, I am just learning all these things this is my first project so I'm sorry if the questions I am aking sound like I am stupid but you learn better from people that have had the expedience like alot of people in this forum
Thanks Jim

 

im not trying to be a smart *** . but if its sealed how you gona get grease in it . think it through you will figure out , no. there made to run just like that .

 

will that is what I thought but I just wanted to make sure

 

hang in there kid. Ask-Look then do it. The school of hard knocks is not all that bad and we all went through the learning curve

 

If it makes you feel better, I had the exact same question. I'd rather ask a supposedly 'stupid' question than burn up a bearing or build this ****er a second time.
The only stupid questions are those not asked.

 

I've greased sealed bearings for the last 40 years. You can pop the seals out of most of them, grease them and put the seals back in.

You shouldn't have to do anything to them unless the grease in the bearing is old enough to be caked up though.
Larry T

 

I spec bearings sealed on one side. Advantage... double seal on the outside of the bearing (with the stock axle seal in place) and allows lube to enter on the back side.

 

thanks guys, now I am working on a 42 Chevy pickup

 

That isn't going to work on a 9" rear end, as the axle seal goes in first, then the bearing.

 

The only "dumb" question....is the one you already know the answer to..... Always ask...Smarter to find out,,,before acting...........

4TTRUK

 

I agree

 

I've told this before but in college I'd never hesitate to ask the professor a question, often very basic about the subject he was lecturing on, that I didn't understand ...

and for some odd reason I got the reputation for being smart.. For asking questions !!!???

Well I guess it is smart to ask questions when you don't understand something.