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Old 10-17-2018, 05:17 PM   #8
Randy E
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Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: Hermitage
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Angry Axle Maintenance

We Have a 2017 3791RD. I too decided to do my first years maintenance on the axles. I did use the EZ lube system. What I found was, when I added the red axle grease with my grease gun, it took 115 pumps to get old grease out the front of the discharge area. There must have been absolutely no grease inside the housing. I added 3- 1/2 tubes of grease in 4 hubs. I'm sure it only had enough grease on the bearing to keep it from rusting when it was in a box being shipped to Dexter for assembly. I agree, It would cost them 50 cents, and possibly another 15 seconds to use their air powered grease gun and fill the housing properly. This in turn would keep us, the customer, happy, making us to demand that the next new RV we purchase would have Dexter axles under it. As it stands, I don't think they care one bit about us. Why would you go through the process to build a quality product, only to have it all screwed up by the last person to touch it?
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Hermitage Pa.
2017 3791RD
2016 Chevy DD 4x4
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