Repacking the wheel bearings
We have a lightweight single axle travel trailer we don't use all that much each year. Last year we put around 25 hours of highway travel on it. It as the same the previous year. Is it necessary to ge...
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IMHO, no.
My trailer is 30 YO and I have repacked my bearings a total of 1 time. The only reason I did it that time was because I had to do a complete brake job so I did the bearing at the same time. The bearings showed no signs of problems at all. I palmed a little more grease into them and called it good. That was like 15 years or so ago and I put about 3 to 5K worth of trips a year on it. I looked at them about 7 years ago and the bearings were fine but the brakes needed new magnets. Put new magnets on and off we go.
Hell, even airplanes that are slammed down on runways at over 100 MPH are only checked once a year. Do what you want. It's your money. :)
My trailer is 30 YO and I have repacked my bearings a total of 1 time. The only reason I did it that time was because I had to do a complete brake job so I did the bearing at the same time. The bearings showed no signs of problems at all. I palmed a little more grease into them and called it good. That was like 15 years or so ago and I put about 3 to 5K worth of trips a year on it. I looked at them about 7 years ago and the bearings were fine but the brakes needed new magnets. Put new magnets on and off we go.
Hell, even airplanes that are slammed down on runways at over 100 MPH are only checked once a year. Do what you want. It's your money. :)
