How much grease in the Ez lube?
Typical greasing of the EZLube requires how much grease? Half tube? Quarter tube? Pushed a quarter tube in and nothing coming out. Almost half a tube in another. Can't be that much grease needed? ...
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The EZ lube hubs are a great addition to my trailer, I pump in some fresh grease every couple of years or so. Annually I crawl under and look on the backing plates to see if any grease or grime is leaking out, so far it looks dry.I also manually run the brakes up to almost locking and see if i can spin the drum then I go another notch and lock em, if I was getting grease on my brake shoes they would still spin,, if the lock and hold,,they are dry,seal is good and EZ Lube hubs are doing exactly what they are designed to do!!
One other thing I do every other year or so is take a fuzzy little pipe cleaner and bend it in half, I then run that pipe cleaner along the castle nut washer all the way down to the bottom, I am looking for grease consistency,if the grease was breaking down the bent end of the pipe cleaner would be wetter than the middle, indicating that the grease is not holding together. (I do this test after the trailer has sat for a while to check for pooling).
My trailer is six years old to me,ten total and I have only repacked and checked brakes once in that time. Brakes were fine and bearings looked good!
Don't feel I need to do that annually as it would be a waste of time effort and funds!
Same thing with my fishing boat, I have bearing buddies that work perfectly, Just push in grease until the little red indicator shows and they are packed,, Been like that for seven years now, no brakes on that trailer so I really don't need to fuss with it,, every other couple if years I replace tires and give the wheel a spin,, if its quiet I leave it alone!!
One other thing I do every other year or so is take a fuzzy little pipe cleaner and bend it in half, I then run that pipe cleaner along the castle nut washer all the way down to the bottom, I am looking for grease consistency,if the grease was breaking down the bent end of the pipe cleaner would be wetter than the middle, indicating that the grease is not holding together. (I do this test after the trailer has sat for a while to check for pooling).
My trailer is six years old to me,ten total and I have only repacked and checked brakes once in that time. Brakes were fine and bearings looked good!
Don't feel I need to do that annually as it would be a waste of time effort and funds!
Same thing with my fishing boat, I have bearing buddies that work perfectly, Just push in grease until the little red indicator shows and they are packed,, Been like that for seven years now, no brakes on that trailer so I really don't need to fuss with it,, every other couple if years I replace tires and give the wheel a spin,, if its quiet I leave it alone!!
