Packing the wheel bearings

[Mike and Carol]

I’ll never think of a bottle jack the same way after this thread!

[geO]

I had a bit of a struggle removing the old cotter pin. I cut down the new one and was wondering if how I replaced it is ok?

[topgun2]

George - 

Assuming that your grease cap will fit - snug all the way down to where the rim of the grease cap is basically sitting flush with the rim of the hub then it looks OK to me.

Bill

[ScubaRx]

George, looks like a good job to me. I hate cotter pins, they always manage to slice open a finger.

[Terry L]

What size socket is needed to remove the castle nut?

[ScubaRx]

1 hour ago, Terry L said:

What size socket is needed to remove the castle nut?

The castle nut should never be tight enough to not be able to be removed by hand. But, I believe a 1-3/16” will work. 

[katanapilot]

5 hours ago, Terry L said:

What size socket is needed to remove the castle nut?

I just replaced the bearings two days ago. On my Ollie, the Dexter axle nut was 1 1/2”. No cotter pins on mine - Dexter used an axle nut clip that is reusable. 

[Frank C]

7 hours ago, Terry L said:

What size socket is needed to remove the castle nut?

It’s a 1-1/2” hex nut on my 2019 Oliver, with a retainer clip on the nut, not a cotter pin.   If you have an older Oliver that has the old style wheel bearings that require grease re-packing you will need the socket and a torque wrench to properly service the wheel bearings.  After repacking the bearings with grease, the nut must be torqued to 50 ft-lbs to properly seat the bearings, then backed off to just finger tight.   So as mentioned above you don’t need the socket to remove the nut since it should only be finger tight in use, but you do need the socket to properly re-install the nut.    Here’s a good video from Dexter (the axle manufacturer). 
https://youtu.be/GnH-h3W9XvI