Need Wheel Bearing Advice

fj12ryder wrote:
Just one question: Do you check your car/truck wheel bearings every year or 12,000 miles? I sure don't and honestly see no sense in doing it on my trailer. IMO every few years when I check the brakes works fine. Eight years, 20,000 miles and still going strong. I've read several accounts on this forum about problems that ensued after wheel bearing "maintenance". Sometimes you're better off leaving well enough alone.

Your equalizers will only wear out if you haven't already replaced the bolts with wet bolts, and decent bushed equalizers like the EZ-Flex from Dexter. They should be standard equipment.

I agree 12mo/12k miles seems a bit much to go by the book. Although I do believe the first repack and inspection is important on a trailer. Once you know it is done right I would also let them run for an extended period. I did my first pack at two years and needed one bearing that was light on grease. Then I went 10 years and put in new bearings when I switched to disk brakes. Old bearings and grease looked fine when removed.