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Hi all,Just to give my 2 cents I have a 0602 and had it for about 2yrs or so and from the get go I used way oil and no problems my suggestion is do what Grizzly recommends , Rick
The reality is that no one will be oiling their wheel bearings daily or even yearly. Plus because there are grease seals it keeps the grease in.Ahh, ok. yea, I was just trying to clarify. I am about to change the spindle bearings on my lathe and have had some people say to grease them but grizzly says to just use oil and put oil in the ball oilers when using the lathe, as usual. Trying to decide if I should use some grease or not. Considering Grizzly recommends not to and your general rule of using oil on things that roll it kinda sounds like I should just use oil. Thing is I know that wheel bearings in cars are supposed to be packed with grease also, but then again it could be because that is alot of force on wheel lbearings so maybe thats why they use grease.. like you say there is always exceptions. Probably considering everything it wouldnt be a big deal either way you chose to do it... decisions, decisions.
The reality is that no one will be oiling their wheel bearings daily or even yearly. Plus because there are grease seals it keeps the grease in.
For the G0602/KC1022/other variants, ISO32 oil is called for by Grizzly et al. Oil each day before you use the lathe and all will be well.