Bearing Grease Intervals
On our 27-5L Fox fifth wheel, I do my own bearing packing. I use top quality synthetic grease and thoroughly clean and pack bearings every two years. That adds up to once every 6000 miles. Rig is ...
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As I might have guessed, there's no consensus. But I have to say that I am not convinced by the "cheap insurance" argument — it's not expensive, but it is a lot of work. Now, I have broken springs on a trailer and, for that reason, carry a couple extra springs bolted to a cross member, which is cheap and easy (and have used one). But when bearings, races, grease and seals all look fine after 6k, it does seem like a waste of time, energy and money to regrease everything, And I do carry extra bearings and races for them (and grease), though I've never needed them. I agree — why more frequently than a car or truck? Perhaps there's a good reason, but I haven't heard it. What I will probably do is pull one for an evaluation and go from there. Incidentally, I am presuming that there's a longevity advantage to high quality synthetic bearing grease (Valvoline SynPower).
