Eddie, you're supposed to STOP before it catches fire! The smoke is a
big clue. That's in the same category with having the truck you are
towing pole-vault over the driveshaft when the transmission blows up!
Keep on truckin' Eddie!
Best regards,
Rik
> We all know that oil and grease do not wear out or breakdown without
> cracking, but I have always been mystified how the old type grease in
> a vintage trailer wheel bearing can be there in abundance, get hard,
> old, and even with heat fail to lube a bearing, but catch fire when
> the bearing burns up. You'd think before that, it would get hot, run
> into the bearing, lube it, and prevent friction with subsequent loss.
> But it won't. Strange.
>
> -Eddie- Houston, Texas