How much grease for wheel bearings?

fj12ryder wrote:
12,000 miles or yearly. Just ain't gonna happen. A CYA by the builders.

Same with me. I can't afford for the shop to do it that often (every year) and can't do it myself. So howinheck are you supposed to know when to take it in?

After a few of those expensive jobs, I let it go for longer, and after a some years, I finally noticed I had no trailer brakes. I could stop ok with just the truck brakes doing all the work--thank goodness for them being up to snuff. This must have been the case for months and months if not longer. I know you are supposed to check for that using the brake controller and no truck brakes every time out, but I must have neglected that not so little thing. That is how I finally figured out I had a problem. I also didn't have the trailer come around because the truck stopped first--a 5er thing I guess, don't know)

I took it in to "my" RV shop and they showed me the brake shoes all skinny and in pieces and worn metal everything else all around. I had no brake controller issues and voltages and amps were ok- just no stopping the trailer.

It turned out to be cheaper to get all new everything, since that included new already greased bearings, so I didn't have to get that done, but it was a huge pile of money. I didn't save anything compared with just keeping up with regular maintenance, plus I was going around for months and months with no trailer brakes and didn't even know it, because the truck was stopping us ok.

The thing is, you have no way to know what is really going on in there under the hubs, so you are a captive of the whole industry, who just wants your money. You can't pick when to go and get the work done based on any evidence you can use to know when it is really time to get it done.

Whine, sob. But that is how it is! Hate that! :(