Mission accomplished!!! (Bearing service)
Serviced my wheel bearings today. I haven't done a service on them since I have had the trailer. I found out the 5er has EZ lube axles. After I got the first one apart I took the bearings and seal...
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After all that theory, I bet you are going to be on edge for the upcoming trip. :h
I don't disagree with all the theory here, however I am assuming you wiped the races clean and made sure they looked good. If so i would go with the following advice:
I would monitor hub temps with a IR thermometer though.
It's not like the $15/axle bearing sets were run in at the factory to match the rollers to the races. They just get a cage out of one bin, a race out of another and wrap them up together.
I use my paws instead of the IR shooter.
If all feels god after the run in of 100 miles or however you want to use as a yard stick, you should be good to go.
Oh and don't forget to let us know that the trip went well, so all of us theory folks can immediately come back and say you were lucky.
I don't disagree with all the theory here, however I am assuming you wiped the races clean and made sure they looked good. If so i would go with the following advice:
I would monitor hub temps with a IR thermometer though.
It's not like the $15/axle bearing sets were run in at the factory to match the rollers to the races. They just get a cage out of one bin, a race out of another and wrap them up together.
I use my paws instead of the IR shooter.
If all feels god after the run in of 100 miles or however you want to use as a yard stick, you should be good to go.
Oh and don't forget to let us know that the trip went well, so all of us theory folks can immediately come back and say you were lucky.
