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Originally Posted by rohrmann

Like I said, the grease only needs to be on the bearings. Grease inside the hubs does nothing, and if the hub is completely full, there is a real possibility that a seal will fail and grease will get on the brake shoes. A good packing of the bearings, either by hand or with a mechanical packer, them a small amount added at the races is all the grease needed. If the hub is full of grease, it is an extremely messy job pulling a drum off to inspect the brakes, and all that perfectly good, unused grease inside the center of the hub is trashed, along with a lot of rags used to clean up the mess.

I think you hit the nail right on the head.
Lynwood