Wheel Bearings

JRscooby wrote:

klutchdust wrote:

mosseater wrote:
EZ Lube is a waste of grease. If you've ever taken one apart that had been used to the mfg'er directions you would see why. Hand pack and move on with your life. Spend the extra time and money on beer and travel.

EZ lube components are for those that probably should not have a grease gun in their hand anyway. The man that pumps grease in his tie rod ends until the seals pop, the over luber on his u joints with grease smears under his truck. And my favorite, the one that lubes the ball before he drops his trailer coupler on it.
ahhh, the "peace of mind" thinker with lights flickering as he loses ground between his vehicles, the pants trasher after he brushes up against his ball grease. The rim smearer from all the grease he pumped into those hubs, the leaky seal guy with a mess underneath. The hood latch with the white grease on it, the door jamb greaser and slide luber, collecting dirt and grinding things to a halt. That guy....
the trailer stabilizers with the oil all over the screws, the front jack that resembles an oil derrick, yeah that guy, the EZ lube guy.

Just asked neighbor that even though I appreciate the afternoon iced coffee's she may want to hold off for awhile. Feeling good today as my trailer gets to come to the front of the property tomorrow, the first since March after knee surgery, and the trout stream calls....

One line makes the whole post nonsense to me. If you thing trailer lights should flicker because of lube on the ball, I question your opinion on vehicle care.
Back when I was 9-10 YO I was told to grease the disk before taking it to work. I pumped until I saw grease on every 1 of the bearings. I was told "grease is the cheapest part you can buy" Pump grease until you see clean grease. Part of the idea is get the dirt out.
My trucks, working local the drive line was greased twice a week. Bed hinges and ends of hoist, every night. I owned/worked trucks from 1971 until 2011. Sometimes as many as 8. In all that time, I broke many U-joints, bent tie-roads, but never had any wear out.
As far as lube on door hinges, latches and such. If you only keep snot for a few years, it will likely be the next owner will be the 1s to deal with doors that sag enough to beat the latches to make doors rattle.

As for the EZ Lube hubs; I can't see any way to clean all the dirty grease out of bearings.

I can agree with most of this. I've been lubricating things that move for a very long time, trailer bearings not the least of it. Like most things, there is a way to do it correctly and a way not to. The whole subject strikes me as a valuable learning experience, but it's an uphill battle when a huge corporation has people convinced this is right up there with sliced bread. EZ lube and sliced bread are not even distant cousins IMO.