re-packing greasing the bearings / axle
Hello, how often should I be re-packing the bearings ? I have a 2003 forest river salem le If I don't tow it much, should I be doing it less often ? I've owned it for 3 years, only towed ...
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Jfkmk
Well the op got more than he bargained for in this thread which is par for the course here.
I thought punk kids argued more on the innerwebs but based on this site, the gramps got em beat!
I wasn't saying you don't know how to take care of your trailer and I never said one should never disassemble and re pack them.
What you missed was me suggesting periodic maint.
I'm not an AARP member yet so you got some years of grease monkeying on me but after 25 years of driving/towing/ mechanic work/fleet maint I'm pretty confident in my methods as well.
FYI you don't need to "pack" the bearings when adding grease to get it in there.
Bearing buddies work better I think than just popping the cap and adding grease but they open one up to blowing out the rear seal with too much grease.
When you lay a bunch of grease in around the castle nut and toss th cap back on, it gets to both bearings after some driving. If it didn't, you'd see that fresh blob of grease sitting there when you popped the cap again after those road trips. Period.
Like my first post I told the op there is no one set answer.
Well the op got more than he bargained for in this thread which is par for the course here.
I thought punk kids argued more on the innerwebs but based on this site, the gramps got em beat!
I wasn't saying you don't know how to take care of your trailer and I never said one should never disassemble and re pack them.
What you missed was me suggesting periodic maint.
I'm not an AARP member yet so you got some years of grease monkeying on me but after 25 years of driving/towing/ mechanic work/fleet maint I'm pretty confident in my methods as well.
FYI you don't need to "pack" the bearings when adding grease to get it in there.
Bearing buddies work better I think than just popping the cap and adding grease but they open one up to blowing out the rear seal with too much grease.
When you lay a bunch of grease in around the castle nut and toss th cap back on, it gets to both bearings after some driving. If it didn't, you'd see that fresh blob of grease sitting there when you popped the cap again after those road trips. Period.
Like my first post I told the op there is no one set answer.
