greasing wheels
Just had the guys at the shop pull my drums. Only one brake was working the other 3 covered in grease. Said I put to much in this spring. Metal on metal so don't over do it with grease
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RAS43 wrote:memtb wrote:
If they are the EZ-Lube, rolling/turning/spinning the tire is "pretty" much a must. Kind of a pain if you're by yourself. I'm going to take an old washing machine motor, fabricate a base with rollers, driven by a belt/pulley system (to spin tire slowly). Then simply place roller against tire, power-up the motor,spin the tire, and commence "greasing". Before anyone calls "bull" on the system, I have several trailers with the EZ-Lube system! The "spin, grease, repeat" gets a little old!
If that works for you that is great. But for me that is too much thinking, designing and work. Wheel bearing maintenance isn't rocket science. My prior trailer had EZ Lube and I didn't use it. Repacked the bearings, checked the brakes and repeated in 3 years. Each spring I raised the tires and checked end play and listened for unusual noise. Never had an issue and traded it off in 11 years with original parts and minimal labor.
That's for 1 "one" trailer, he has several so a little engineering might be in order.
