Dexter 8k axles, nev-r-lube bearings
I went out today to check brakes and bearings. After removing dust cap to nev-r-lube bearings, I thought I would ask the guys that have performed this maintenance before. Would I be better off jus...
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fj12ryder wrote:RustyJC wrote:Do you know this as facts or is it just conjecture on your part?
The reason DRV migrated from oil bath back to grease-packed bearings has nothing to do with lubrication performance (the oil bath is superior) but rather with customer gripes about streaks of oil vapor/brake dust on their nice, shiny aluminum wheels. Personally, I'll wipe down the wheels as required to get the superior lubrication of the oil bath hubs.
Rusty
Yes, I know that oil bath bearings offer superior lubrication as compared to a grease packed bearing. That's why they are used in the hubs of Class 8 trucks and trailers.
I've owned DRVs since 2004 and am active on the DRV forums - I saw the whining over wheel streaking, the many replacement bearing caps and O-rings DRV sent out only to have the same customers complain again because there was a black streak on their wheel. If you're asking if I was in the conference room in Howe, Indiana when the decision was made to go back to grease packed bearings, no, I wasn't, but I saw the situation that led to the decision as an outside observer.
Rusty
