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that is what we did, a build lube till the hubs filled, you would be surprised how fast that they fill.

If the rear seals started leaking, pull the axle vents BEFORE you take apart the hubs, if the vents ARE sticking and not releasing axle pressure, your seals WILL leak everytime, the ONLY place for the pressure to go. There is a bunch of threads on vents sticking and seals leaking

"Conversely, if converting to wet hubs, should any grease be used at all? Or should the bearings be cleaned of all grease and then wetted with gear oil at installation time?" WE build lubed the bearings, till the hub could fill, the OLD outer seal were lonnnnnnnnnnnnng worn out, when we got...

Yes true, but NOW lubed by gear oil, a mess is in the hub now, but the bearing ARE LUBED, in fact gear oil will tend to WASH small bits of trash OUT of the bearing, trash in a grease hub tends to act like valve grind compound. I just got done RErestoring the brakes on a restored m62 (5t...

If the 900 axles are the same design as the older 5t rockwells, they ARE designed as WET hubs, the mil. added a crappy outer seal to make them grease hubs, mainly to keep water out of the hub and axle when fording for a extended time. IF you are NOT planning a naval operation, wet hubs will work...