Used to repack wheel bearings with whatever grease was on the bench, now I buy the $18 tube and it's cut my comebacks to zero

Cole Walker · 2026-09-28T02:05:03.736336+00:00

I worked at a shop in Boise for 3 years and we just grabbed whatever tub of grease was closest, didn't think it mattered much. I mean, it's just bearings right? But a guy I trained under kept saying the cheap stuff breaks down and washes out after 6 months of wet rides. So now I use a real marine grade bearing grease and I've gone from maybe 4 comebacks a season to basically none. But part of me wonders if the cheap stuff would've been fine if I just packed them tighter. Is the grease actually doing the work or is it me just being more careful now?

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Used to repack wheel bearings with whatever grease was on the bench, now I buy the $18 tube and it's cut my comebacks to zero | Bicycle Mechanics - Rigidtalk