How often to repack wheel bearings on TT

weathershak wrote:

goducks10 wrote:

weathershak wrote:

hotqld wrote:
I like the Dexter easylube system, it allows a grease change to be done once a year like in our case, with no tools.

Yep, the days of hand packing aren't needed with this setup.

Until you accidently pump too much grease in and it seeps out the seal and lands on your brake drum.

Not possible. The Easy lube system is NOT a bearing buddy. You can pump the grease gun 100 times and it will not affect the seal in any way. There is no pressure. All the grease oozes out right in front of you. There is only the rubber cap that holds the grease in. I used to give a couple shots of grease before every long trip and once a year I would jack up the wheel so I could spin it to check for noise and then check for end play. About every 3 years I would pull the wheels and check the brakes. Applying grease with a grease gun forces grease thru both bearings. I would slowly spin the wheel and apply grease until it came out clean. Worthy note....I used to only put about 5000 miles per year on the TT.

Local hitch/trailer parts dealer said it is possible! Reason being is most will add grease before a trip, with "cold" grease/bearings. If the old grease has hardened up some the new grease will take the path of least resistance, usually past the seal.

As you metioned, he did say to spin the tire if your going to use the ez lube system. Ane even better to run the trailer down the road to warm up the bearings/grease some. He did also mention (no idea if true!) that as a wheel spins, the bearing will want to draw grease in from the "outside" (dut cap) in naturallly, so spin the tire backwards when using the ez lube (if you use them) since the grease is moved from "inside to out".

For new trailers I go may be a season, then repack. The maybe every 2-3yrs after do to low mileage, I do check temps after a longer stretch at speed (hwy) during a trip.