EZ Lube bearings

I am getting ready to do my EZ-lube. I am taking the recommendation of a experienced farmer that has a similar model fiver as I do. He suggested raising each side and manually spinning the wheel you are slowly pumping grease into. There is a little more to it but not much.

Norskeman wrote:
Have them - never use them. Too easy to over grease the bearing area.

Inspect the bearings and brakes every spring.

Best answer (above) and - OP,
the subject has been on here frequently in the past.

There are those who just do the EZ bearing lube.
However, over lubrication will "grease' you brakes!.:(

Search =
You should be able to find threads in the past 12 months and/or in the archives - for lots of varying opinions and more info.

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Bayley wrote:
I'm sure I'm not the first to ask this question but I couldn't find any threads that address it.
I have EZ-lube axles on my Arctic Fox 5'er. Is it safe to simply grease the bearings frequently with a grease gun or do I need to pull the wheels and manually repack the bearings. I guess I don't really trust the "EZ Lube" idea.
any help is appreciated!
Thanks,
Tony

I have easy lube bearings and followed their maintained and grease type recommendations. I burned a bearing which cost me $1000 in emergency repairs in the middle of the Nevada desert. The problem was the bearings fatigued and the only way to detect fatigue is to manually inspect and pack the bearings. The Dexter bearing are made in China and I don't know if they are as good as Timken in quality, but fatigue is a problem in most trailers because the axles and bearing are at the margins in design.
To me Easy lube is nothing but market hype that give a false sense of security. Nothing replaces inspection and repacking at 6-10K miles or annually which ever comes first.

Bayley wrote:
I'm sure I'm not the first to ask this question but I couldn't find it.Thanks,Tony

A simple search on this site produced 9 pages and 168 responses.

Here in the LINK

Happy reading.

My Montana has the EZ Lube axels and I will never use them. Camper came from the dealership with 2 blown grease seals which ruined the brakes and magnets. Replaced all 4 sets of brakes and seals per Dexter recommendation. I inspect and repack bearings and replace grease seals annually.

I used them for several years making sure I greased them exactly as the procedure describes. Then one year I did a thorough inspection and found that two out of four of them had leaked grease past the seals. Reading different forums, I found this to be a common result of using the EZ lubes.
Never again.

I'm sure I'm not the first to ask this question but I couldn't find any threads that address it.
I have EZ-lube axles on my Arctic Fox 5'er. Is it safe to simply grease the bearings frequently with a grease gun or do I need to pull the wheels and manually repack the bearings. I guess I don't really trust the "EZ Lube" idea.
any help is appreciated!
Thanks,
Tony

If your axles are Dexter, the manufacturer recommends in the owners manual an annual repacking. I don't really get the EZ lube part for a TT. Maybe on a boat trailer to push out water. If you opt to use EZ lube then raise the coach so the tire can be manually turned by hand while greasing. If you replace the seals each year by taking it apart you can check the bearings and the brakes, something that just adding grease won't let you do.

Have them - never use them. Too easy to over grease the bearing area.

Inspect the bearings and brakes every spring.

The major caveat is twofold:

1. Bearings may be close to failure and just greasing does not allow inspection.
2. The seals separating the grease from the brake assembly may blow out, allowing grease to contaminate the linings rendering them useless.

I recently inspected and packed my bearings after seven years of use. Bearings needed replacement on outside, but seals had not failed.

Moral: probably best to inspect them more often than seven years. Greasing is probably ok.

This Might help
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzW1kK8oWkc