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@853Superfly
Both are right.
It's a well known tip to pack a bit of extra grease into the hope hub to quieten it down a bit.
What grease and how much is the tricky part.
Not a Hope, more for weather proofing and extending life i packed out a Shimano DX freewheel with lithum grease. This worked well with no issues down in the mild and moist climate of the south west of england.
Never thought about, it worked, it really muted the not -so-loud-anyway shimano freewheel.
Then i went to Scotland, to race down a snow covered mountain. At first it felt like the chain was skipping, as the day went on it got worse, as i lined up for the seeding run i had a final drive failure (but not as costly as a BMW GS F.D.F.) and had to run and scoot all the way down, apart from the steep bits :)
The colder temps was enough to thicken the lithum grease, this caused the pawls to stick down and not engage. Applying heat would have only worked for a short time, i tried to force flush with GT85, still no good, had to strip the freewheel in the carpark and degrease, loose a few BB's beat the thing back together with no correct tools (allen key and rock to drift it apart) light coating of GT85 and hope it didn't freeze overnight or during the race. It worked the only seized item in the morning was me and the headset (another story)