Advised not to repack bearings???
Two years ago, and with our previous trailer, we had a miserable and expensive bearing failure while 4k miles from home. At the time, we had buddy bearings and were under the impression that they did...
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The easy lube system may have another serious flaw.
Some years ago a member here on the forum (maybe jbarca?) posted why he felt so many had problems with grease getting past the seals. It seems that the grease hole had a sharp edge, that often damaged the seal when the drum slid over it during installation. His solution was to take a Dremel and chamfer that edge.
I have not taken mine apart yet to see if this is a problem... But I kinda doubt that the factory is chamfering this edge. When I do get around to it, I will chamfer this edge if needed.
Whether you use the easy lube feature or not, a seal that is damaged in this manner is not a good thing. Naturally if a seal is damaged, pumping grease into the hub would be a really, really, bad thing
Some years ago a member here on the forum (maybe jbarca?) posted why he felt so many had problems with grease getting past the seals. It seems that the grease hole had a sharp edge, that often damaged the seal when the drum slid over it during installation. His solution was to take a Dremel and chamfer that edge.
I have not taken mine apart yet to see if this is a problem... But I kinda doubt that the factory is chamfering this edge. When I do get around to it, I will chamfer this edge if needed.
Whether you use the easy lube feature or not, a seal that is damaged in this manner is not a good thing. Naturally if a seal is damaged, pumping grease into the hub would be a really, really, bad thing
