JBarca wrote:
brulaz wrote:
Do you try to take the weight off the bearings when you grease?
Thanks for the help.
Do you need to take the weight off to grease? I'll say "It depends"
Sometime the grease holes in the spring pins gets mixed up which way they are suppose to be pointing in regards to the weight of the camper pressing down on the hole. If you put a grease gun on the zerk fitting and cannot pump it in, (meaning excessive high pressure and cannot squeeze the handle) Then in this case jacking up the camper will take the pressure off and let it go in. OR you have to pull apart the pins, rotate them and put them back in so the camper weight does not cover of the hole shut.
If the grease hole is in the right location, then they will take grease with the camper on the ground and it goes right in no problem.
I grease mine with the camper on the ground with no issues. The grease will find the path of least resistance and start to ozz out the side of the bushing that is not sealed the tightest.
Hope this helps
John
Well, several of the bushing bolts wouldn't take grease the other day. So I'll take the weight off each side and try it again. Want to adjust the brakes anyway, but don't really want to remove any of the bushing bolts and re-align the grease holes. But will do that if lifting the weight off doesn't help.
I know all the bushings took grease initially, but then the trailer was completely off the wheels on jacks all around.
