Hub grease seal.
Yep blew one, actually believe it was defective from factory. As the complete axle was replaced and it never seemed to take grease. Well. they found it when they took it off. So, now I have not only a...
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fj12ryder wrote:trail-explorer wrote:Wrong. Grease is supposed to come out the front when the EZ Lube zerk is used. It's not overfilled, that's how it works. If you think it's overfilled, it would call into question the accuracy of the rest of your statements too. I have the EZ Lube system, have used it, and know how it's supposed to work.Cummins12V98 wrote:
Stop pumping and wipe off excess when fresh grease appears.
If you start seeing fresh grease appear out the front of the hub, the hub is overfilled with grease, and has likely already blown out the inner seal.
I've dismantled numerous hubs that use the EZ lube system. The majority of the grease pumped in through the zerk fitting goes BEHIND the inner bearing, and blows out the seal.
X2, have had no problems with the Ez Lube but it needs to be done correctly. As to the poster who posted above about the problems with the boat trailers he worked on; those are Bearing Buddy systems. Nothing close to the Ez Lube system.
