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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Turtle n Peeps wrote:jfkmk wrote:
Why is it scary? Do or did you pull the hubs every year on your TV? Why not? Scary! LOL
The bearings on my tv are sealed, no maintenance bearings. Basically run to failure. No maintenance required.
You do realize that the bearing system is a sealed system don't you?
Er...no they're not.
What's scary is running a bearing that you have no idea when it's going to fail. Sealed bearing are just that; sealed. You have no idea whether 5 miles left in them or 100,000 miles left in them.
Not true. The sealed hub assemblies start making quite a bit of noise, especially when you go around corners, as they start to fail.
I don't know what kind of axels you have on your trailers but every single one of mine has a lip seal on the rear of the hub and a interference fit hub cap on the front. Some even have a tiny O ring on the hub cap that keeps micro contaminants out. So ya, that's a sealed system whether you think so or not.
Yes, I have bearing seals on my axLEs, but they're not truly sealed. Fine particulate contaminates can get to the bearings.
Place, as in ranch. I have a lot of axels and a lot of bearings. Never had one bearing failure ever on well over a dozen trailers I have owned over my life.
Your money, your
Obviously, I don't know your ranch. I am willing to bet, however, that none of the trailers and their associated axLEs and bearings see the mileage and extended highway speeds an rv sees.
Not sure why you say "scare away". I never said I was scared of anything. Do I maintain my trailer? Absolutely. Do I think it's worth an hour a year plus <$10 to ensure I don't have any bearing or brake issues for the season? Absolutely. Yup, it's my $10 and 1 hour. Small investment. :B
