Wheel Bearings
I have a 28 ft. TT and had the wheels bearings completely serviced in 2019. I have used the trailer only twice since then for 2 trips of 400 miles total. I would like to make another trip of about eq...
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klutchdust wrote:
"Used to be, likely still applies, not a good idea to mix different types/brands of grease. "
I would really like to see some proof or research/testing done by a reliable source to back up that statement. Having serviced hundreds of semi trailer units and not knowing what grease was used previously, it was a rarity, rarity that a bearing in our fleet of over 10k units ever had a bearing failure. A bearing was only serviced when the unit was brought into the shop for a brake change. That could be anywhere from 1 year or 5 years. Servicing wheel bearings every year is just nonsense. I call malarky on that one.
Mixing different types of grease a no-no.
Mixing grease types might have caused airplane crash.
I totally agree with you on the every year nonsense. I inspect my trailer every 7 years and found out I have to service them about every 10 years. Even then I mostly have to deal with brakes and hardware only.
