Wheel bearing maintenance interval
I’ve seen posts that say to repack every 12 months or 12,000 miles...since I only tow a little over 1,000 miles per year, do really have repack every 12 months? Does the wheel bearing grease degrade...
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I do mine every other year, more to just check the brakes than the bearings.. But, of course, while it's apart, I'll re-pack them..
On my old trailer, I did this every other year.. After around year 2 of owning the trailer from brand new (around 2005), found that one wheels brake wire was pinched and cut inside the drum and not working from day one...
Spliced it back, re-packed, which I found to be pretty 'dry' in the sense of not much grease on them to my liking..
Checked them this way until I felt I needed to replace the brake assemblies when the magnets looked more worn than the pads, so just swapped them out after around 7 years of ownership..
Did a check the season before trading that old trailer in on the new one and all was good..
The new one has the easy lube setup on it.. I've pumped in some grease on them and have had it out twice last season.
I'll probably check them at some point this season, just to check... But, I've also got the self adjusting brakes, so will see what I do..
Oh, my little 4x8 utility trailer that I've owned for 22 years.... I've done the bearings on it twice... They were fine, both times I've done them..
Good luck! Mitch
On my old trailer, I did this every other year.. After around year 2 of owning the trailer from brand new (around 2005), found that one wheels brake wire was pinched and cut inside the drum and not working from day one...
Spliced it back, re-packed, which I found to be pretty 'dry' in the sense of not much grease on them to my liking..
Checked them this way until I felt I needed to replace the brake assemblies when the magnets looked more worn than the pads, so just swapped them out after around 7 years of ownership..
Did a check the season before trading that old trailer in on the new one and all was good..
The new one has the easy lube setup on it.. I've pumped in some grease on them and have had it out twice last season.
I'll probably check them at some point this season, just to check... But, I've also got the self adjusting brakes, so will see what I do..
Oh, my little 4x8 utility trailer that I've owned for 22 years.... I've done the bearings on it twice... They were fine, both times I've done them..
Good luck! Mitch
