Dexter EZ Lubes, use or not?
My TT has Dexter EZ Lube bearings/axles. The video on their web site show that the bearings can be "re-packed" without removing the wheels/seals/bearings in the traditional manner. However, some fol...
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My problem with the system is you have to fill the whole hub space with grease before any comes out the front bearing. And at that point, I'm pushing dirt from the inner bearing and hub surface through the outer bearing. It's a lot of grease, expense, and pumping. I use the sytem on the inner bearing to add some new grease every year, and a grease needle between the rollers on the outer bearing. I'm done wasting all that grease for a "convenient" system. I hand repack every other year generally. Here in PA we have yearly inspections and they pull two axles to check brakes, etc. Nothing like introducing the possibility of a problem you weren't going to have. Gotta be a better way to inspect rather than messing around with my preload and seal. What would be wrong with an inspection hole on the backing plate you could actually see through?
