- = - Soapbox - = - IMHO Wheel Bearings are not coming from the Factory with too little Grease Many posting in this thread comment " there wasn't much grease in there" or some similar remark about how much new grease had to be added. Those comments imply or suggest we were towing with poorly greased wheel bearings. I do…
@Freshaire, you are referring to greasing the wheel bearings. Your 2015 should have the Dexter axle zerk fittings that allows you to add new grease annually without completly repacking the bearings. https://tab-rv.vanillacommunity.com/discussion/5934/bearing-maintenance-on-2016-tab-outback-s-max…
@rbrtm last April I asked Creed at NuCamp about the bearings and grease and this was his response (I have a 2018 320): "Dexter greasing their axles in factory so your trailer should be ready to go – and we recommend every 12,000 miles or year for a bearing repack. Dexter recommends a Lithium Complex grease (ex. Valvoline…
My take on this is if you are going to pull and repack @ 12k miles then it is likely no grease will be needed in between. That avoids the risk of greasing the brakes. If the grease didn't leak out, then the bearing still has grease. A person doesn't constantly have to pack automobile bearings at least not since the 1960's,…
IMHO . . . everyone is trying to second guess the Dexter Design Team. Using the EZ-Lube is the same as a hand repack. That is what it was designed to do . . . refresh the bearing grease without having to disassemble the hub. This is the EZ-Lube System . . . not the earlier Bearing Buddy that only greased the outer bearing.…
And here is what I received from Creed at nuCamp warranty: "we recommend every 12,000 miles or year for a bearing repack. Dexter recommends a Lithium Complex grease (ex. Valvoline Multi Purpose Grease is what we use here). Just as long as you don’t mix the types of greases"
With the EZ Lube system it is really easy to re-pack your bearings. Spin the wheel while pumping in grease with the grease gun until you start seeing new grease come out. I just re-packed mine manually as I didn't want to mix grease types and I didn't know what was put in at the factory, but next year I will certainly just…
Back in the old days I sure would have loved to have the E-Z LUBE grease fitting on my 1951 Studebaker! After owning a garage for 31 years all the failed bearings I worked on including complete axle spindle wipe out occurred from dry caked grease. Sure would have been great to have that grease fitting on to shove in new…
This is extremely important. If you mix the greases with differing carriers you can starve the bearings of lubrication. Be 100% certain that your replace grease is compatible. Another related point copied and pasted from a post last year: "One more point related to the wheel/axle service should be considered. At the same…
12k or 1yr seems an odd recommendation. I get the 12k or 2yr if it sits around but 1yr seems like a recommendation from the days before modern grease formulation. Any thoughts on this? best explanation I’ve been given for the time schedule is that trailers sit more than cars. Sitting allows moisture to build up in the…