lost an entire wheel and drum
I made a turn into a shopping center parking lot, looked back and saw one of my trailer wheels lying in the middle of the road. We have a 2011 Cougar half-ton 5th wheel. The brakes, including backing ...
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All I can say is we might be beating a dead horse here, some will do what they want.
But the bottom line is that in over forty plus years of doing all my own maintenance on vehicles and now of course trailers, if the trailer like mine now has EZ-lube I pump grease in till it comes out with the new stuff showing, BUT!
That does not mean you should not check bearings visually and you should be looking at the brakes over time, and for that I imagine all drum brakes require undoing the axle nut and taking drum off, so that is the time to also check bearings, but yes you can use the greasable ones, but every so often and especially before long trips do yourself a favour and check bearings and repack manually.
Can't hurt.
But the bottom line is that in over forty plus years of doing all my own maintenance on vehicles and now of course trailers, if the trailer like mine now has EZ-lube I pump grease in till it comes out with the new stuff showing, BUT!
That does not mean you should not check bearings visually and you should be looking at the brakes over time, and for that I imagine all drum brakes require undoing the axle nut and taking drum off, so that is the time to also check bearings, but yes you can use the greasable ones, but every so often and especially before long trips do yourself a favour and check bearings and repack manually.
Can't hurt.
