Replaced all my suspension spring and rocker bushing in 2015. All were what they call" wet bolts" with plastic" so called" bushings. Great now I can grease them yearly and they will last a long time. The first year most greased very easy. This year unable to get any grease to go in. So I guess I should just let them ware out!

Often times when wet bolts are used, bronze bushings are also used. You might try lifting the rig so that the axles drop and try greasing again with the pressure off everything.

rjxj wrote:Often times when wet bolts are used, bronze bushings are also used. You might try lifting the rig so that the axles drop and try greasing again with the pressure off everything.x2. That's a first step. Second step is to be sure that the bolts were put in so that the grease holes were horizontal. If they were put in vertically, then this is exactly what happens; the grease and dirt harden and plug up the grease holes. Also, I've =never= heard of a wet bolt kit that didn't have bronze bushings as part of the kit.Lyle

Wet bolts with plastic bushings? Where do you get that kit?I addition to 3/9 o'clock install I gave my grease openings a bit of a chamfer to help the initial grease flow.

I bought a set of wet bolts from eTrailer and half of them weren't fully drilled. So there's no way I could get grease in them.Unless your positive you successfully greased them when you first installed them, that may be your problem too.

Thanks for the help! Yea I bought mine from etrailer! I'll jack it up and try again when I get up north on some solid ground.

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time2roll
Nomad
Mar 28, 2017
Wet bolts with plastic bushings? Where do you get that kit?

I addition to 3/9 o'clock install I gave my grease openings a bit of a chamfer to help the initial grease flow.
laknox
Nomad
Mar 28, 2017
rjxj wrote:
Often times when wet bolts are used, bronze bushings are also used. You might try lifting the rig so that the axles drop and try greasing again with the pressure off everything.

x2. That's a first step. Second step is to be sure that the bolts were put in so that the grease holes were horizontal. If they were put in vertically, then this is exactly what happens; the grease and dirt harden and plug up the grease holes. Also, I've =never= heard of a wet bolt kit that didn't have bronze bushings as part of the kit.

Lyle
azrving
Explorer
Mar 28, 2017
Often times when wet bolts are used, bronze bushings are also used. You might try lifting the rig so that the axles drop and try greasing again with the pressure off everything.

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