Wheel bearing repacking
How often do you repack the RV wheel bearings? I'm getting many different opinions on this question.
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Big difference between bad/contaminated/worn out grease and never having been properly greased in the first place.
I agree with at least pulling and checking when you get a new trailer as you have no idea if the last guy did it right and I've heard stories of new trailers coming with no grease. And pulling the tires is most of the work, so once you have the tires off, may as well repack them.
I also have a habit of feeling the hubs for excess heat when we stop but even freshly repacked, I'm doing it.
No harm in doing it more often but really not needed.
oh I know I am probably a little overkill with once a year.. but when you get a berring that is glowing red 1/2 way home on your first trip you tend to watch them a little harder. that was a fun trip home, little short drives with cool down stops for 200 miles.
My first three trailers (old chalet, a tent trailer then a 28 foot trailer) I never checked them at all in 20 years they occupied, although I didn't have internet forums back then so there was nothing to make me paranoid 🤣
if I had to pick a minimum I think I would do it every 3 years.. if the rv industry would switch over to cartrage bearings like most vehicles have you would never have to worry about it again.
