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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"When did you do all this service work on semi-trailers that used grease in the wheel bearings? My axles from the early '80s all had oil bath bearings.
And most fleets large enough to have shops to do their own service work buy large amounts of the same lube."
Sea going equipment in LA Harbor. Very common for shipping companies to spec new equipment and have grease bearing axles. With the uncertainty of when a piece of equipment would come to the shop, they felt the grease bearings were the better option. We ran about half grease half oil bath. Very seldom had a chassis come in with a grease bearing leaking on the drum, the oil bath seals would dry out from sitting and leak. Sometimes a chassis may sit for a few years and not be used .
And most fleets large enough to have shops to do their own service work buy large amounts of the same lube."
Sea going equipment in LA Harbor. Very common for shipping companies to spec new equipment and have grease bearing axles. With the uncertainty of when a piece of equipment would come to the shop, they felt the grease bearings were the better option. We ran about half grease half oil bath. Very seldom had a chassis come in with a grease bearing leaking on the drum, the oil bath seals would dry out from sitting and leak. Sometimes a chassis may sit for a few years and not be used .
