Wheel Bearings Packed? Yearly Maintenance

jfkmk wrote:

CKNSLS wrote:

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.

I don't think anyone is saying that no new trailers come with the bearings being greased. Any new trailer, from a $500 utility to a $30000 TT should certainly come with enough grease to go at least a couple of years.

I can say that after a year of use I repacked the bearings. While there was grease in the bearings, it wasn't quite the amount that I would have expected, so I can understand folks having problems.

But were you having problems before you took the wheels off? If not, then whatever grease was in there was apparently adequate.