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Originally Posted by WeBeFulltime
So you're still operating on original brakes?
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Hi
The statement I made was “never removed them to grease them”.
I did the brakes at about 45,000 miles this doesn’t require removing the inner bearing and I did not clean and grease the outer bearing.
Here is something for you to think about, the front wheel bearings on your TV are not serviceable you can’t even open the bearing pack to inspect the bearings and they go 200,000 plus miles.
Now for a little background, I worked with my father moving heavy loads (100,000 lbs plus) starting at about 14. We did not use the oil filed hubs however I have used the oil filed hubs on the 18 wheelers and they are very effective. We also did not have any scheduled wheel bearing maintenance.
The practice of removing, cleaning and repacking is desirable on the trailer that sits without use for extended periods of time like when the trailer is used once a year for a 2 week vacation.
Trailers and powered vehicles that are in constant use heat the bearing assemblies and allow the grease to “flow” often. Units that sit allow the oil in the grease to separate and cause the material that normally holds the oil in suspension to harden. This results in poor lubrication.
I am not recommending not doing a yearly wheel bearing inspection and repack the lubricant for the unit that sits 11 months out of the year.
At the same time our trailer has 98,000 miles in 7 years 14,000 miles a year. Doing the annual inspection and repack would raise the risk of inadvertent contamination of the grease during this process. Instead I check wheel bearing temperature periodically during every trip and do the EZlub once a year.
Something that needs to be performed on every new trailer before you pull it more than a few 100 miles is to do the EZlub procedure because the axles come from the manufacturer with little or no lubricant in them.
Phil P
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