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Nov 08, 2019Explorer
Wheel Bearings
We recently experienced a broken right side spring shackle. We actually drove about 500 miles on it before we discovered the problem. The trailer was sagging on the right side. The spring shackles wer...
fj12ryder wrote:Cummins12V98 wrote:Don't mean to be confrontational, I assume the person referring to adding oil was thinking the OP had a rubber cover as with the EZ-Lube axles. Pop off the rubber cover, remove a bit of grease, add a bit of oil back in, replace the cover, and spin the wheel. When the wheel is spun the grease and oil will mix to a certain degree, and soften the hardened grease. Since, don't forget, that was mentioned as the reason to add some oil. Pretty straightforward all in all.
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Do you know he does?
If he does it's a horrible idea and will likely leak out the back seal and ruin the drums if that's what he has.
OP has an 05 Everest, highly unlikely he has anything other than a simple pound on steel cap. OP, what say you???
Some one wants to be confrontational today!!!