How to clean wheel bearings??
So what are you using to clean the old grease out of your wheel bearings when you repack them.
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I did my boat bearings this summer but I have not done my TT ones yet. I may just use the zerk for the TT bearings.
Overall the boat trailer was very easy. I used brake cleaner and air. I have since then read that air could be bad if the bearings spin dry. I was also concerned that if any brake cleaner was still in the bearing when I re greased them that it would eat the new grease.
I actually needed to replace the inner bearings and re greased the outer ones.
I may just simply use grease the next time instead of brake cleaner. BTW both wheels on my boat trailer had a slight rumbling sound when I spun them. One was significantly worse than the other, One was very hard to see any damage at all and I in fact re installed it but it still had a slight rumbling so I pulled it and replaced it. No more rumbling.
Paul
Overall the boat trailer was very easy. I used brake cleaner and air. I have since then read that air could be bad if the bearings spin dry. I was also concerned that if any brake cleaner was still in the bearing when I re greased them that it would eat the new grease.
I actually needed to replace the inner bearings and re greased the outer ones.
I may just simply use grease the next time instead of brake cleaner. BTW both wheels on my boat trailer had a slight rumbling sound when I spun them. One was significantly worse than the other, One was very hard to see any damage at all and I in fact re installed it but it still had a slight rumbling so I pulled it and replaced it. No more rumbling.
Paul
