How much grease on wheel bearings?

[brycer1968]

Now my axles, hubs and all my parts are clean an painted and ready to go back together after what started as a quick "brake job" that turned into a 12 month re-gearing both axles, leaf spring rehab, new wheel studs, spring perch repair, new steering box, new shocks, power brake upgrade and the list of scope creep goes on . . . and on . . . . .

Anyway, I'm preparing to put my stock front and rear hubs back on the M725 stock axles and wondering how much grease I should pack in there?
I used a dual cone bearing greasing tool to pack each bearing, but should I also fill the entire hub cavities chock-a-block full of grease or just make sure the bearings have some grease surrounding them?
Thanks in advance,
Bryce

[jeepdan]

Don't fill completely as grease can work it's way past the seals when hot.
On mine, after hand packing the bearings, I filled the cavity about half way full with grease.

On the rear axle, the grease in the rear wheel bearings eventually gets diluted with gear oil anyway.

[brycer1968]

Thanks Dan. That totally makes sense.

Bryce

[md1970]

fill hubs 95 % keeps water out. use med weight grease