Creak when reversing the fifth wheel
Hi all I have a B&W fifth wheel hitch and dexter axle on the fifth wheel, when reversing I’m now getting a creak followed by a bang when stopping, Any ideas is it the B&W which need grease or the a...
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tourusa wrote:
Any suggestion appreciated first time I’ve done this. I will remove the dust cap and fill any ideas how much it will take thanks
You have EZ Lube axles. If you want to use them, you need to jack each wheel up and spin it while very slowly adding grease through the zerk fitting. You need to be in a quiet environment where you can listen for the snap crackle and pop of air being forced out the axle seal behind the wheel. If you get too much grease in them, it can blow the seal out then you have issues with the brakes getting grease on them. That being said, if you haven't iserviced the wheel bearings at all, you should go ahead and pull the wheels off each spindle, clean and repack the bearings and check the brake shoes while you're in there. Make sure that all the nuts and bolts are tight on the brake backing plates and other brake components. If you don't feel it's something that you can do, find a good shop and have them do it. I had all four bearings and seals replaced and the brakes adjusted on my old Komfort a couple of years before I sold it, and it was about $350. That would have been around 2015 or 2016.
Lyle
