Add grease zerk to axle or not?
Just finished repacking all the hubs and noticed that there was a threaded hole at the end of the spindle and a small hole just inside the lip for the inner seal. I presume this is one of those easy ...
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JJBIRISH wrote:
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Another thing to remember, there are many axles that go un-serviced for a very long time and never have a bearing failure… many autos reach the junkyard with OE bearings still in them, never serviced
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Yes, but all modern autos use sealed bearings that you never have to service. They exist for trailers, I see Dexter makes axles with sealed bearings, but I've never seen a trailer using them.
Another pet peeve of mine, along with the general lack of self-adjusting brakes. Our trailers are just dinosaurs.
