How many strokes??

Ron3rd wrote:
The center hub on the ez lube hubs is normally dry initially so it takes A LOT OF GREASE the first time. Easily half a tube. You pump the grease in until you see clean fresh grease come out the end. I use the red grease to see this easier. The next time you'll use much less grease because the center of the hub is now full. There is no set number of pumps. Plenty of YouTube videos to show you how.

Rotating the wheel while you're doing it is a must.

And I assume EVERYONE knows that mixing grease can be disastrous ??? So you pump a few shots of grease into those bearing, having no idea what grease those bearings had been packed with prior. So before you do all that pumping grease into those hubs, they were removed initially ,and hand packed with a brand of grease you intend to pump in at a later date ??? I also assume if you pump all the old grease out the front as suggested here all is well ???

Then I also assume the bearings ,brakes ,magnets etc NEVER have to be inspected until you either lose your brakes , or a bearing goes out . Just wondering when do you actually pull a hub ,and really look at things , and properly pack the wheel bearings .

Ron3rd wrote:
The center hub on the ez lube hubs is normally dry initially so it takes A LOT OF GREASE the first time. Easily half a tube. You pump the grease in until you see clean fresh grease come out the end. I use the red grease to see this easier. The next time you'll use much less grease because the center of the hub is now full. There is no set number of pumps. Plenty of YouTube videos to show you how.

Rotating the wheel while you're doing it is a must.

Yes, good description!

Just as a reference, my current FW needed 50 strokes, each hub, to fill the bearings and hub cavity. My FW has 5200 lb axles. I did use nearly 2 cartridges of grease.

People say waste of grease. Maybe, but even good quality grease is cheap. I buy a case at a time, from distributor, for my 3 trailers. I hand pack at times, when pulling a hub, but never feared using the zerks.

In my experience, a hub filled with grease, will run about 10 degrees warmer. Not an issue IMO.

Jerry

lol...no more miles over a 5-6 year period than rvers pull their trailers its a moot point. However most never pull a hub to R&R the bearings/brakes on a annual schedule.
Seal brand make no difference if the seal is pushed out of the hub from a grease gun.
I do a annual R&R inspect on my rv and non rv trailers brakes/bearings/suspension.... from habit when I was on the road.

Ron3rd wrote:
The center hub on the ez lube hubs is normally dry initially so it takes A LOT OF GREASE the first time. Easily half a tube. You pump the grease in until you see clean fresh grease come out the end. I use the red grease to see this easier. The next time you'll use much less grease because the center of the hub is now full. There is no set number of pumps. Plenty of YouTube videos to show you how.

Rotating the wheel while you're doing it is a must.

Good post.

Slownsy wrote:
Sorry but you to are just as bad, I had a new travel trailer som years ago with the Dexter setup, only greased them a few times and only maybe 5 strokes while spinning wheels, at end of trip removed wheels to adjust brakes as not stopping to great, and guess what grease on to brakes, so maybe the luck of the draw, or maybe som manufacturer use better seals than others.
Frank.

It was poor quality seals.

time2roll wrote:
Follow the instructions I believe would include disassembly and inspection.
afaik filling the hub is to prevent water intrusion when launching a boat.

Otherwise pump slowly while turning the wheel.

These are not bearing buddies.

The center hub on the ez lube hubs is normally dry initially so it takes A LOT OF GREASE the first time. Easily half a tube. You pump the grease in until you see clean fresh grease come out the end. I use the red grease to see this easier. The next time you'll use much less grease because the center of the hub is now full. There is no set number of pumps. Plenty of YouTube videos to show you how.

Rotating the wheel while you're doing it is a must.

Some have reported having grease on the brakes without ever having used the zerks. Apparently the assembler didn’t follow instructions either.

Sorry but you to are just as bad, I had a new travel trailer som years ago with the Dexter setup, only greased them a few times and only maybe 5 strokes while spinning wheels, at end of trip removed wheels to adjust brakes as not stopping to great, and guess what grease on to brakes, so maybe the luck of the draw, or maybe som manufacturer use better seals than others.
Frank.

Follow the instructions I believe would include disassembly and inspection.
afaik filling the hub is to prevent water intrusion when launching a boat.

Otherwise pump slowly while turning the wheel.