Wheel Bearings

opnspaces wrote:
Gotta say Klutchdust you missed on this one.

I don't grease the ball on my popup, never have. One night I saw the lights flicker when I hit bumps in the road. Turns out the ground wire in the 4 pin was broken. Fixed the ground wire and the flickering was gone. So I will agree with you on no grease on he ball on a lightweight trailer. But disagree with grounding the trailer through the ball.

Hooked up my brand new TT at the dealer with my brand new WD hitch and brand new ball with no grease. Towed trailer 30 miles home. When I unhitched the ball was galled. I added grease and 17 years later I have not had any more galling and I'm still using the same ball.

1996 and 2001 Suburban (yes I like and drive older vehicles). Doors start to make screeching and popping noise when opening and closing. Some careful application of white grease at the hinges and limiter and the noise is gone.

1977 Bronco, with doors you have to use your thumb to push button in to open the door. I have no problem with it but the wife and kids struggle to open the door. I disassembled the door latch, cleaned it up and white greased it making sure to not get grease anywhere that would transfer to the latch pin. 8 years later the door is still easy for women with small hands to open.

1996 Suburban, I pull the hood release lever and nothing happens. I have to have a kid pull and hold the lever while I lift the hood. This gets old after a while. So rather than spending $30 on a new latch I clean the old one and apply some white grease. Hood latch was still working 5 years later when I sold the truck.

I do have to agree with you on the greasy pants from the greasy ball though. That is annoying, but you learn pretty quickly how to avoid it. I also do like Gdetrailer and use a plastic grocery store bag to tie over the hitch at camp and the problem is solved.

What is it about using grease on moving parts that you are opposed to?