Greasing Trailer Wheels
I have been told that you need to jack up and turn wheels with the center grease fittings as you pump in the grease. Is this true? I've been doing it and its a pain to jack up all 4 wheels. Thanks B...
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I just repacked all 4 wheels on my trailer 2 days ago. I also replaced all the rear seals. This was the 1st time I did it on my trailer. I found some spindle nuts were loose and thers were too tight. All the bearings, races and spindlesvlooked good though as I do not put a lot of miles on my trailer.
I loosen the wheel lugs and then place some 4x4 cribbing under the frame close to the leaf springs. I then use a 20 ton bottle jack and jack up the trailer just until the tire can spin. follow suit with the other 3, doing one at a time. Once the tires are back on I spin the wheel as I pump approved grease into the EZ Lube zerk fitting. With a new install it took aprox 72 pumps to get the grease to fill up the hub and come out the dust cap. It was the same on all 4 wheels. About 1.5 tubes of grease for the 4 wheels. Took me abut 2 hours for the entire job. I also inspect the brakes and tires while they are off. I found a tire with some deep cracks in the tread area. I swapped that one out with the spare until I get new tires next year.
I loosen the wheel lugs and then place some 4x4 cribbing under the frame close to the leaf springs. I then use a 20 ton bottle jack and jack up the trailer just until the tire can spin. follow suit with the other 3, doing one at a time. Once the tires are back on I spin the wheel as I pump approved grease into the EZ Lube zerk fitting. With a new install it took aprox 72 pumps to get the grease to fill up the hub and come out the dust cap. It was the same on all 4 wheels. About 1.5 tubes of grease for the 4 wheels. Took me abut 2 hours for the entire job. I also inspect the brakes and tires while they are off. I found a tire with some deep cracks in the tread area. I swapped that one out with the spare until I get new tires next year.
