nev-r-lube bearings

pcm1959 wrote:
All this is unnerving me. My 2014 fiver came with 8k axles with 50 mm Nev r lube bearings, disc brakes along with 17.5 g114 tires. I checked them yesterday and found no play in any the 4. I'm well under the 8k axles max capacity with only about 6000 pounds on each axle.
I have an IR temp gun and typically check the temp on them and they all run about the same temp.
Finally, what's an acceptable temperature range taken on, let's say the lug nuts?

I have a tire pressure monitoring system on mine which gives me a temp reading also. When we had the 7k Dexter axles with 17.5 wheels and disc brakes, the hot weather temps would be around 110 to 120. On one super hot day the sunny side got close to 130. Kind of scared me but nothing bad came from it. The sunny side is always going to be a bit more. I am certainly no expert but I would think if it's too hot to touch you may have a problem. That would probably be 140 and above. Also, if one wheel runs hotter than the others I would watch it closely. I have the temp alert on my tpms set at 150.

A failure can occur in any axle system. Dexter calls their axles Nev-R-Lube, not Nev-R-Fail. Part of the reason we changed to the MorRyde IS and Kodiak hubs and disc brakes is because of the anxiety I had knowing we were piling up the miles and the time. I may have been able to go a million miles without any problems but I am more comfortable with the serviceable hubs. Works for me.