How much grease in the Ez lube?

fj12ryder wrote:

Huntindog wrote:

fj12ryder wrote:

Huntindog wrote:
The first big problem here is that there are only two kinds of grease seals. Those that leak, and those that will leak.
That's right. There has never been a grease seal made that won't fail at some point.

The next problem here is that WHEN a grease seal in the easy lube system fails..... It is unseen. It is most always discovered after the damage is done.

So for those of you that are giving good reports on using this system... I am happy for you now.
But at some point your seals WILL fail too. It could be next week, next year or the year after. For all you know, they may have failed now.:E

Okay, that's not the most ridiculous thing I've ever read, but it's pretty darned close.

What part is ridiculous?

The part about all seals failing at some point? Surely you don't believe that they will last forever.

The part about the grease getting on the brakes when they fail? That is pretty much indisputable unless you have disk brakes.

I've worked around machinery for 40 years that depended on grease and oil seals to keep lubricants where they belong. And as long as the seal isn't damaged, it actually will pretty much last forever. I've seen them last long enough for that rubber coated spring seal lip wear a groove in a 4 inch diameter steel shaft.

How do you think they keep oil, under pressure I might add, in engines? They use oil seals and those seals last hundreds of thousands of miles. When was the last time you pulled the engine of your car apart to replace the seals? Or pulled the wheel bearings off your car for failed grease seals? Or pulled the differential for leaking oil seals?

Grease seals and oil seals work the same way. So yeah, yours was a pretty ridiculous statement.