Wheel bearings
What is so different with RV wheel bearings that they have to be packed at least every year or two. My truck and car does not require this yearly maintenance, why does the RV axles??
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JJBIRISH wrote:wilber1 wrote:CKNSLS wrote:wilber1 wrote:MTPockets1 wrote:CKNSLS wrote:. If & when your IR gun detects an overheating status, the bearing raceways are already damaged. That's what is creating the heat.
The once a year repack is old school thinking that permeates this forum. Check temps with the $25.00 IR gun from Harbor Freight at every stop and go from there!
Yup, heat is the result of a failure, not a warning of an impending failure.
OK-if your bearing fails it will overheat as well. Not sure of your point.
Checking the temperature just tells you if a bearing has already failed, not if it is going to fail.
Somehow this seems wrong…
Explain how that happens????
At what temperature would it go from impending failure to already failed???
So you are saying that a bearing temps can’t fluctuate due to load or even just due to heavy traffic and heavy brake use…???
What temp is good and what temp is failed???
Type of grease has nothing to do with it???
What about ambient temps???
How about speed???
Heat coming from brakes is self explanatory. Extra heat coming from load or speed is generated by the tires. If you are reading excessive heat because of a bearing, it is already junk.
