[jlb27537]

The Ez-Lube axles are probably a great idea on a boat trailer, but on a 5th wheel, just a sales gimmick.

On a boat trailer with the hub filled with grease, when you back it into the water, the water cools the hub and creates a possibility for the water to be sucked into the hub area. With it full of grease this possibility is diminished. Why they make bearing buddies.

The down side of a hub full of grease, it does not run as cool as a hub with just the bearings packed like we did when we had rear wheel drive cars 70's and back Those of us that are old enough remember you pack the front wheel bearings when you did a front brake job and that was about every 30K miles.

You really need to pull the hubs and inspect the brakes every 10K miles or so anyway and just pumping them full of grease is not proper maintenance. But it sells trailers if the salesman tells you how easy it is to pack your wheel bearings before every trip....

Also, on hub seals, there are single lip and double lip seals. Quite a price difference but a single lip is just fine if you hand pack. The previous poster hit it on the head, a complete brake assy backing plate is just a few bolts to replace. Clean the drum, replace the brakes, pack the bearings, replace the seals and enjoy.

$1000 is just a huge rip off.

Jim
Jim