How much grease in the Ez lube?

..

Will someone please contact EZ-Lube and tell them to stop manufacturing these hubs? It will save them millions of dollars. You guys have me afraid to take advantage of them even on my cargo trailer which has no brakes. Back to horse and buggies.

I used Bearing Buddies on my boat trailers for years with no problems. A small amount of grease will displace any water that seeps into the hub. Nothing at all like the EZ Lube setup.

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.

The biggest issue I see with these hubs is that what is going on inside the hub is unseen. There is no reliable way to see if bearings are getting enough/too much grease or if the grease is leaking into the drum area, except by removing the hub.
If an owner has to remove the hub, repacking, using a bearing packer, is not that difficult. If an owner used that Almagard grease that Mex suggests, repacking bearings would be in a large service interval (probably every five years?).

Cleaning your grease saturated brake shoe is a waste of time. Grease gets into the pores of the lining just as it does into your skin. You know how hard it is to get that out of your hands and arms, and clothes. Don't kid your self. Buy some new shoes.

fj12ryder wrote:
You're basing your opinion of the EZ Lube hubs on a used trailer that does appear to have been severely overgreased. My experience with my hubs is the polar opposite of yours, but then I know how mine have been treated from day one, you only know what the guy has told you about yours. If I had the same experience as you I may feel the same as you.

If the EZ Lub hubs worked as designed, it is not possible for them to be "overgreased."

You're supposed to pump until clean grease comes out, right? Pump more in, same amount's supposed to come out, right? Shouldn't make a bit of difference whether it's dirty old grease or clean new grease, so... How can you "overgrease?"

"If the EZ Lub hubs worked as designed, it is not possible for them to be "overgreased."

That's very true...if it's done properly. Like almost anything you can screw it up if you don't do it correctly. If the guy greased the zerks 5 times in a year I can see him popping off the caps shooting in half dozen shots of grease and calling it good. Do that a few times and you pretty much guarantee that your brakes will be greased as well as the bearings.

If you pump in grease too quickly it could get past the seal and into the brake housing. Dexter says to rotate the tire while adding grease, not doing so could cause a buildup of grease in one spot and possibly causing it to seep past the seal.

My subdivision and campground do not allow vehicle repairs. I no longer like to mess with dangerous and toxic solvents and chemicals. The kid down at the repair shop doesn't know a wheel bearing from a flashlight. Lots of reasons to follow the EZ Lube instructions and keep things rolling as they should.

TomG2 wrote:
Will someone please contact EZ-Lube and tell them to stop manufacturing these hubs?

There is no company named EZ-Lube. That is just some term used by an axle supplier to capture the lazy people market.

EZ-Lube is just a hole in the spindle with a grease fitting stuck in the end. Some folks call it a "system", I call it nonsense.