Originally Posted by mjgroves
What would be the suggested action to someone that's going to install one of these pulleys for the first time? Any sort of prep work to avoid this scenario in the future?
really no way to avoid this . as the bearing goes bad it seeps grease. as the pulley spins it basiclly burns the grease on to the shaft. once its off clean everything and from then on frequent inspections will be your best friend!