Wheel bearing maintenance requires replacing the grease annually. Grease mixes with water diluting it and thus reducing its viscosity. Bearings, races and cages (the thin shell that keeps the bearings separated) wear as a normal part of use and that material stays in the grease, accelerating wear. Bearings must be cleaned…
Except the first time you use the EZ Lube method. It seems that from the factory, the channel between the front and rear bearing is not filled with grease. So, it takes a ton of pumps on a grease gun to fill that cavity. After that cavity is filled, then you get grease flow with every pump.
After the summer, I just removed, cleaned, and repacked mine, and replaced the seals. It was a convenient time since I was getting new tires. T@B has 6 years and about 12,000 miles on it. Each year I squirted a little grease into the zerks. Bearings were in perfect condition. In fact there was a small amount of grease…
On ours, when you add grease, the excess is pushed back out the front, around the edges (going through the bearings). I think it's recommended that you continue adding grease until the grease coming out is relatively 'new' looking, thus having pushed out all the old 'used' grease. From my experience, when grease is 'old'…
I had the wheel bearings repacked on our 2016 Tab Outback S Max, thinking that it might be important to do so. The trailer has only been towed for 3,000 miles or so over the past couple of seasons. Apparently there is a zerk fitting behind the shiny cover on the end of the axle. I have been told that all I have to do is…
I've done a bit of google searching regarding problems with Dexter E-Z-Lube hubs, and there are a quite a few negative stories. Now I'm convinced that pulling the hubs, cleaning and checking the bearings, and the brakes, and re-packing the bearings in the 'traditional way' is the best way to go... It shouldn't ought to be…