Greasing Wheel Bearing
I greased our Jayco TT wheel bearings today. It has the dexter ez lube axles on it. Instructions said to rotate wheel while pumping grease gun. During process I noticed that the wheels did not spin f...
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ScottG wrote:
I've seen a 50% failure rate where grease ended up on the brakes - and this was after they were lubed exactly per the instructions. When you get grease on the pads you won't even know it as the brakes still work but just not as well. Oh and there's no need to replace the pads if this happens, they are easily cleaned.
I strongly recommend bearings get serviced in the traditional way.
ScotG,
Boy when my linings were soaked with grease, I could not clean them up worth a dam.
No matter how much brake cleaner I applied, the shoes still were black and squealed like crazy.
Rather than take the next step of taking the linings out and soaking them (or replacing them) I just replaced the entire assemblies.
Ron W.
