Marlin,
Two comments! Great to hear from you!
1) that's a LOT of grease!!! I wonder why ZF never did or recommended this..... No grease zerks where you would expect them to do so! Case of replace parts sooner $$$ ???
2) In this case, you'd need the tiniest torch ever made to heat only the race of a 5/8" diameter needle bearing in the crank adapter! These bearings are only about $5 new, so reuse is sort of a non starter.......!
Great thing to know about the retraction thing, at least for large bearings!
Cheers!
Steve