Quick question from a n00b
Howdy. I am just getting started with RV'ing and have a quick question. I recently bought a new F-250 with some trailer stuff: Trailer brake controller. Trailer sway control. Trailer tow package...
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stew47 wrote:Greene728 wrote:stew47 wrote:
Enjoy your new fiver!
Here's some tips for trip home. If tires older than 7 years take to nearest store and get new tires. A blow out can cost thousands.
Bring a grease gun and grease up the hubs. My 4 hubs use about 3 tubes of grease. You want to push old grease out. When convenient have hubs pulled apart and inspected and greased again. Watch out for warm hubs. I check maybe every fill up.
If brakes aren't what you think they should be then pull to nearest garage.
Huh???
Maybe I'm missing something so please educate me if so. 3 tubes of grease on 4 hubs? And by pushing old grease out would that not blow the seals?
Hello. Sorry I didn't see you asked a question until now. There's a few schools of thought. Some people prefer to repack by hand but that's beyond me. The seals shouldn't blow out unless you get resistance and keep pumping. The ez lubes are made to put grease in and the old grease comes out. I figure a greasy brake is bad and not safe. An ungreased hub can seized and blow your tire or catch fire. That's not good either. As far as the almost tube for each hub.... that's what mine took to push out all of th old grease. Yours might be different. Good luck.
Yikes!
Bad advice!
Too bad this thread got off on this tangent, but.....
Ask the owner when the bearings were *checked* as well as greased, via the EZ lube -or- inspected and lubed manually. (Remove, inspect, and service)
If -remove, inspect & service- has not been done, it's probably time!
The forum/s are full of (and have been for years) of folks who have followed something remotely close to the advice from "stew47" for their EZ lube bearings, and greased their trailer brakes as well as the bearings!.
*TRIPLE* YIKES !!! on the *THREE* tubes of grease!!
Rates a triple - NO, NO and NO !!!
If in doubt about EZ lube bearing service procedure, review the EZ lube directions.
*CALL* the tech line!
If in doubt - and don't feel comfortable checking the bearings yourself, take it to an independent service facility and pay to have it done.
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