Today I repacked all the bearings on my FW. It's the first time I've used Dexter E-Z Lube axles, they made the job a breeze! The worst part of the whole job was that I left the FW in the backyard parked on decomposed granite. Using the jack and kneeling in the rocks were not ideal, so next year I will pull on to the driveway to do the job.One thing about it is I had to use more grease than packing the bearings the old way, but that's a fair trade off for how fast and easy the whole thing was.

As long as you did not do it TOO fast. Slow easy pumping with a manual grease gun while continuously turning the wheel and it works great. Pumping too fast or too hard can push grease past the seals.

I went ahead and pulled my wheel hubs this weekend while installing a wet bolt kit.I was going to repack the bearings and use the Dexter Easy Lube but I wanted to inspect the brakes so I pulled the hubs.Found one the self adjuster spring broken when I removed the hub.Found one of the leaf springs did not have a plastic bushing in it (No evidence there was every one), guess now I know where the squeaking noise has been coming from.

BB_TX wrote:As long as you did not do it TOO fast. Slow easy pumping with a manual grease gun while continuously turning the wheel and it works great. Pumping too fast or too hard can push grease past the seals.I did the job with my 3 year old grandson asking me "what's that every 30 seconds" and then "borrowing" my tools. I would say there was absolutely no chance of going too fast! But seriously I can't imagine anyone using a manual grease gun could add the grease to fast.

Pumping to fast is not as much of a problem as knowing when to stop.

cwit wrote:Pumping to fast is not as much of a problem as knowing when to stop.:h

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Dave_H_M
Explorer II
May 19, 2013
cwit wrote:
Pumping to fast is not as much of a problem as knowing when to stop.

:h
cwit
Explorer
May 19, 2013
Pumping to fast is not as much of a problem as knowing when to stop.
AZ_T_T
Explorer
May 19, 2013
BB_TX wrote:
As long as you did not do it TOO fast. Slow easy pumping with a manual grease gun while continuously turning the wheel and it works great. Pumping too fast or too hard can push grease past the seals.

I did the job with my 3 year old grandson asking me "what's that every 30 seconds" and then "borrowing" my tools. I would say there was absolutely no chance of going too fast! But seriously I can't imagine anyone using a manual grease gun could add the grease to fast.
Rob_Fla
Explorer
May 19, 2013
I went ahead and pulled my wheel hubs this weekend while installing a wet bolt kit.
I was going to repack the bearings and use the Dexter Easy Lube but I wanted to inspect the brakes so I pulled the hubs.
Found one the self adjuster spring broken when I removed the hub.
Found one of the leaf springs did not have a plastic bushing in it (No evidence there was every one), guess now I know where the squeaking noise has been coming from.
BB_TX
Nomad
May 19, 2013
As long as you did not do it TOO fast. Slow easy pumping with a manual grease gun while continuously turning the wheel and it works great. Pumping too fast or too hard can push grease past the seals.

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