Something else you will notice if you grease threw the zerk fitting! Before you grease it with the wheel off the ground, with your hand at the 3 and 9 o-clock position try shaking the wheel and take note of the amount of slack in the bearing. Then grease it and again do the same check. Unless you have something wrong with…
One other less obvious detail that is worth mentioning again is bearing grease. If you have purchased a new to you rig and do not know the specific grease type that was previously used do not pump grease in through the grease fittings! Plan on a proper re-packing and keep track (and extra tubes) of the grease you use. Some…
FIY a trick I learned years ago was to put the bearing in a sandwich bag add a glob of grease then with hands work the grease in all the mess stay in the bag keeping your hands clean. Too many so called mechanics just coat the outside of bearing without working the grease in.
The way I was taught in auto shop decades ago is clean the bearing, inspect it for wear, feel/hear if there are any odd noises, and if it's in good shape repack it. Put a good sized glob of grease in your palm, then kind of push down/scoop the wide opening of the bearing into the grease glob. Keep doing that in one spot…
I owned a garage for 31 years, they are not useless! I never had a bad bearing job come in that had good grease still in it. If you pump in grease into them you will be very surprised how much new grease goes in before they are really filled. ART
I saw a Dexter Axle video of the packing bearings using the zerk fittings. I bought two tubes of red Valvoline lithium complex and filled hubs until clean grease came out. Spin wheels while pumping grease in.
I just packed bearings and adjusted brakes on our new to us 2021 320s and discovered a few interesting things. The trailer was purchased in Bemidji MN in July 2020 and pulled to Colorado by the original owner. I bought the trailer a month ago and pulled it to northern Idaho, so the trailer has perhaps 2,500 miles on it. I…
tabiphile The reason greasing the zirk works so well and does not push grease threw the rear seal is like trying to blow up a balloon that has a hole in it. Sure you could use an air powered grease gun and try to push grease into it so the grease would try to come out the seals like some boat trailer truly sealed bearings…
So.....a couple things and they have been covered but on the chance that someone stumbles onto this thread and gets sucked in by the zerk discussion, it's not all it's cracked up to be. Someone who does not have a deft feel for how much grease to push into the axle will undoubtedly blow out the rear seals and eventually…
Welcome to the ForumsTons of threads on bearings.https://tab-rv.vanillacommunity.com/discussion/6984/axle-maintenance-greasing-or-repacking/p1Here is another with pictures and descriptions. The trailer years get sort of scrambled, so try to match your trailer year…