wheel lube question

the trouble with these style of greaseable hubs is that you don't know whether you have pushed grease past the inner seal or not. If you do blow that seal, you find out later when you discover you have greased/ruined the brakes. Kinda late then. I prefer to take it all apart, inspect, and grease by hand.

manualman wrote:
EZ Lube is great if you follow the directions. How many actually jack up the trailer and rotate the tire while pumping?

Thought not...

I do, every time. Replaced bearings in the field once, don't ever want to do it again.

EZ Lube is great if you follow the directions. How many actually jack up the trailer and rotate the tire while pumping?

Thought not...

Old grease comes out the front, pushed out by the new grease coming in the back. Just like any device that gets greased, new pushes out old. EZ-Lube hubs are not a sealed hub.

TXiceman wrote:
The E-Z Lube axle is no substitute for proper maintenance of pulling the hub and checking the brakes.

Ken

If nothing is leaking were is the new grease going? :h

I prefer to breakdown and re pack about every two years. Grease doesn't evaporate from a sealed hub.

The E-Z Lube axle is no substitute for proper maintenance of pulling the hub and checking the brakes.

Ken

I cleaned the zerk and squeezed a little harder and it unstuck. works fine now.

These are the messy kind of hubs where you fill until the old stuff spills out the front.

Thanks for the replies!

Zerks do get plugged sometimes. Easy to replace. Just a matter of getting the right size, SAE or metric.

It could be that the grease on that wheel nipple fitting has harden up.

Grease on wheels? Never heard that one before. I assume your asking about ezlube spindle bearings? Replace the zerk fitting. Quite possible it is bad. It will be threaded onto the axle. Remove it, go to any auto parts store and buy a new one. Take it home, install. Be very careful not to over grease or you could wind up rupturing the seal and contaminating the brakes.