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Cajun_Bill
Explorer
Oct 05, 2013

never lube bearings

Just got back from a 5,000 mile trip up to the Northeast and back. Great trip except for two blowouts and one of these two replacement tires coming off while I was tooling down the road. Long story and I'm still dealing with the repairs, but it got me to thinking. My Sunnybrook fiver is a 2003 with NeverLube bearings which, until this trip, I was thinking was really "never lube", but after three road service calls, I'm thinking I'd like to avoid that in the future for a burnt bearing.

Anyone have the instructions for both checking the bearings to see if they need maintenance and if so, how to lube them? I think I saw it on this forum once, but a search did not find it.
  • agesilaus's avatar
    agesilaus
    Explorer III
    Oct 05, 2013
    If they are Dexter Nev-R Lube then they cannot be lubed. They do fail, I have them and had one die near SLC. You can look on the Dexter site and find a manual for them. All you can do is check the wobble or runout of the bearings to see if they are about to fail.

    The wise Nev-r Lube owner at a minimum carries a set of rebuild parts or better yet an extra hub with bearings already pressed in. Finding someone on the road to press in new bearings can be trying, took me three days and they bungled the job.

    They cannot be replaced with other bearings unless you replace the whole axle.

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