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Originally Posted by Dave W
I really don't care what Dexter or anyone else recommends or says. I have done ours every year regardless of miles - that is but 2020 when we weren't going more then 218 miles. One was pulled though and inspected though. It's dirty and time consuming - that is until you sit alongside an interstate with a smoking hub.
If you are of the age when cars had front wheel bearings that needed service every 12,000 miles, you will see exactly the same design bearings that require exactly the same service - and that outer bearing, I believe is exactly the same part number as many Ford products used.
Do as you may, you wont change my mind or convince me that E-Z Lube is a good design for towable RVs. Amazingly, Dexter thinks the same inner bearing is good enough for 5.2K through 8K axles - WOW!!
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Yes, I am of the age to remember when you repacked your front bearings. At 12k NOT ?. If I remember correctly, it was when you needed new brake pads. The rotors were pulled/resurfaced/bearings repacked and new pads installed. I believe more like 20-30 k miles thought. But I guess it depended on how many miles you were driving.