New 914 rear wheel bearing, No to very little grease from manufacture Options

[Luke M]

So, I just purchased a set of New FAG wheel bearing (made in Germany) so I can install a set of the later (74-89) 911 rear hubs on my 914 control arms.
I saw a few you tube videos about how the bearings for the Boxster where being shipped with little to no grease in them. I figured before I install them to check the grease. Well sure enough one side had little grease and the other side had very little to no grease on the bearings. I should've taken a few pics but didn't have my phone handy. I still have another new bearing to inspect so I'll take pics of that one. I'm sure it will be the same way. Now to go pick up some grease and repack them.


So if anyone of you out there plan on replacing your rear bearing I would inspect them.

Here's a handy video which shows how to do this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9P1R2clGAU

[Superhawk996]

Any of you guys checking the bearing grease on your daily driver vehicles?

[bbrock]

Any of you guys checking the bearing grease on your daily driver vehicles?

Funny you should mention that. Our DD is a Honda that has an appetite for rear wheel bearings. It is our newest vehicle and is now on its third set. I had the first set replace by the pros which cost me dearly. In contrast, we have two Nissans purchased new in the early 90s with over 250,000 miles on them still running their original bearings. Last time I replaced bearing on our DD, I didn't know about checking the grease, but you can bet that if I have to replace them again, I'll be checking and possibly repacking. They were all chewed up inside like the one in the vid you posted but I didn't pay attention to the amount of grease.

BTW, the bearings that @Morph914 showed have the amount of grease I would expect to find when opening a new bearing. Neither of the ones I popped open had that much.