back in the 20's or 30's
people were moving West, those old timers knew the tricks of getting down the road a little further, before they had to fix something else.
They used raw bacon to pack the worn out ENGINE bearings on the vehicles
Another trick was to use a motor cycle to push a car as far as they could.
They took the front wheel off the motorcycle & strapped it to the back of a car
For early pioneers, grease lubrication was kept at a minimum because of its short supply, but history also records that in emergencies, fatback - today's bacon - was sliced and wrapped around wheel spindles as a lubricant.
Substitute Crank Bearing Grease..... - Arboristsite.com
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Sep 16, 2011 — I
use the red high temp
wheel bearing grease that comes in a little tub, like peanuts. ...
Bacon grease works just fine, smells good too!