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 checked my 2002 Sunnybrook fiver once in 14 years and they were fine then and fine when I sold it. I always check for play each year and if I detect too much play I would pull them.
With that being said now I will speak as to zerk fittings on hubs. Like a op said a couple of pages back, take them off and throw them away. When we picked up the new fiver in my sig after a couple of thousand miles I noticed that the braking was becoming increasing less. I pulled the hubs and found that the factory had over greased the bearings significantly. My trailer has zerk fittings but they are hidden under the center cap and the owner manual does not mention them. The hubs were so greasy I had to take them to a friend of mine to put inside his part washer. I cleaned the brake pads with Brake Kleen and regreased the bearings and put back in. Only grease your bearings manually as you cannot tell when too much grease had been applied.
With that being said now I will speak as to zerk fittings on hubs. Like a op said a couple of pages back, take them off and throw them away. When we picked up the new fiver in my sig after a couple of thousand miles I noticed that the braking was becoming increasing less. I pulled the hubs and found that the factory had over greased the bearings significantly. My trailer has zerk fittings but they are hidden under the center cap and the owner manual does not mention them. The hubs were so greasy I had to take them to a friend of mine to put inside his part washer. I cleaned the brake pads with Brake Kleen and regreased the bearings and put back in. Only grease your bearings manually as you cannot tell when too much grease had been applied.
