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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My sealed vehicle bearings are perfectly good to run till they make a noise, then time to replace. My unsealed car bearings (1998 2wd S10) it seems I have to repack about every brake change even if I don't have to replace the rotor.
My race trailer with 7k axles sits more then its used. I have bearing buddies and I check them every year, but end up repacking every 2 as the grease inside gets fouled from sitting and the moisture building inside the cap/buddy. The buddies have reduced that from fouling up more often since installed.
I just moved to a 5th wheel, but I suspect to see about the same thing. Check annually and repack every 2-3 years when the grease fouls up from moisture. As soon as I see the normally red clear grease get cloudy I know its time to repack.
Based on some other comments out here, I will probably check and repack them before I head to FL. Which my buddy who runs a shop basically told me to do as well.
My race trailer with 7k axles sits more then its used. I have bearing buddies and I check them every year, but end up repacking every 2 as the grease inside gets fouled from sitting and the moisture building inside the cap/buddy. The buddies have reduced that from fouling up more often since installed.
I just moved to a 5th wheel, but I suspect to see about the same thing. Check annually and repack every 2-3 years when the grease fouls up from moisture. As soon as I see the normally red clear grease get cloudy I know its time to repack.
Based on some other comments out here, I will probably check and repack them before I head to FL. Which my buddy who runs a shop basically told me to do as well.
