1986 TR Front Wheel Bearing Grease

As a give-back, below are a few "as found" pictures of both front wheel bearings on my 1986 TR that I recently re-packed. The first pictures are the left front inner and outer bearing rows followed by the right side. This is what the original factory greasing with very low miles looks like. Both sides look about the same, and I was a very surprised how little grease actually surrounded the ball bearings themselves. For those of you out there that see this all the time, maybe this is not surprising. In any case, this re-pack now has zero voids and gives me comfort knowing so, and thus a new starting point. EDoug.

 

Romano, I had posted 10 pictures with a total below the 5mb limit per FerrariChat rules. Now posting just 4 pics way below the limit. Again, bearing and race surfaces are "as found" and not wiped clean. EDoug.

 

Thank you Brian. I will just go with evaporation as the root cause, and hope those reading this will understand same. EDoug

 

Brian, now that he knows, wouldn't that be a good reason for Craig to repack his original front bearings instead of using the aftermarket ones he purchased? EDoug