Wheel Bearings Packed? Yearly Maintenance
How often do you have the wheel bearings packed on your trailer? And do you take it in for a yearly maintenance inspection?
Forum Discussion
Lynnmor wrote:CKNSLS wrote:
Bought a brand new Eclipse Milan TT a couple of years ago. I hitched it up and the wife and I did a 8,000 mile trip around the country. Before I left Las Vegas-I pumped 6 times in each of the EZ lubes (2 axles).
The trip around the country had ZERO ISSUES and I checked the hubs every stop with my IR gun. They ran exceptionally cool. I did have the brakes adjusted half-way through the trip.
It seems to me if you buy a $20,000.00 trailer it should come with grease from the factory. Apparently mine did.
You were lucky. That 6 pumps did not supply the outer bearing with any grease, so it must have had enough when assembled.
I don't know if I was lucky or not-for $20,000.00 I expect grease in the wheel bearings. The last time I checked "axle grease" wasn't an option that I had to check off when I purchased my trailer. As a matter of fact-I don't know anybody who purchased a new rig and went and yanked off all the wheels inspecting for axle grease. I have reason to believe this is yet another FORUM myth perpetuated by a few guys on this forum. The myth being that NEW TRAILERS don't come with axle grease, probably the same guys who claim that Chinese tires are ALL BAD.
