Dexter EZ Lube

[Colo_Native]

I am trying to find the proper GREASE for the ez lube axles. I am going to use the grease gun method per Dexter. Where can I buy it I am having a hard time finding any of them. Thanks for your help.
I AM LOOKING FOR THE GREASE. sorry for the caps.

[Cummins12V98]

tragusa3 wrote:
Thanks for the tip on warm temps. How long do you think I need to tow to have the bearings warm? A few miles?

Leave the grease gun in the Sun for a while.

[ljr]

TnTtravelers wrote:
Be careful pumping grease into those ezlube bearings. I've heard that you can easily blow out the inner seal and grease will contaminate your brakes. Not a good thing. You should only need to push a couple of pumps in there once a year, if even that. What gives me pause is that you stated that you pumped 100 X into them.

X2

I speak from experience, expensive experience.

[wilber1]

You could probably hand pack the bearings 5 times with the amount of grease sitting in the hub doing nothing. Each to their own.

[tragusa3]

Thanks for the tip on warm temps. How long do you think I need to tow to have the bearings warm? A few miles?

[Cummins12V98]

MFL wrote:

Cummins12V98 wrote:
I have to say I was impressed at how easy the grease flowed they the bearings. I use AMZ/OIL RED grease.

Glad your EZs worked well for you.:)

Just a tip for others...

Having used this system on several snowmobile trailers, as well as RVs, I'll just add that the grease flows through this system best, in warm temps, and after a tow, hubs warm. I never greased my sled trailers in winter, just before a trip. The EZs have worked for me, with no issues.

Jerry

It was about 75 yesterday, warm temps makes sense!

[fj12ryder]

Ain't gonna happen. I am not pulling and repacking all of my six wheels at least every other year. I use the EZ Lube system and have had no issues in 5 years and maybe 20,000 miles. I pulled the wheels for the first time last year and everything looked fine. Good enough for me.

[Likes_to_tow]

First of all, Dexter's web site recommends a few brands of grease and Pennzoil 707L is on that list and Lippert's recommended list also. It's red and has a high drop point (holds up to heat). Also some web sites do not recommend combining two different greases. They recommend washing all the old grease out and then hand packing.

There are a substantial number of articles and forums you can read on the Easy Lube Hubs. I personally think they are great for a boat trailer but the possibility of putting too much grease in the bearing cavity is very great! My previous 5th wheel was pre owned when I got it and the brakes simply did not even begin to work. Pulling the manual lever on the brake controller did nothing. I took the brake drums off and what I saw was unbelievable. The brake shoes and magnets were totally covered in grease!!!!!!!! I called the previous owner and ask him about it. He said "why sure, we always put grease in the zerk each time we prepared for a trip." I did not replace the brakes but washed everything down in gasoline and lacquer thinner. I replaced the seals and hand packed the bearings. Brakes worked great after that.......for a while. Then I noticed little braking ability when using the manual lever. I removed all four wheels again and apparently grease had oozed out of the brake linings and contaminated the drum surface. So I cleaned them all our again. Brakes good for about a year then same thing....more grease had oozed out of the linings. I put up with this for a few years, never replacing the brake shoes and finally when I traded it in last year for a new 5th wheel with new brakes I was totally shocked at the braking power I had. Never had I been able to stop like this!!!

Bottom line....don't use the easy lube zerk fitting. Hand pack your bearings and use quality grease at least every other year depending on how many miles you travel. If your shoes are already contaminated then REPLACE THEM now.

[MFL]

Cummins12V98 wrote:
I have to say I was impressed at how easy the grease flowed they the bearings. I use AMZ/OIL RED grease.

Glad your EZs worked well for you.:)

Just a tip for others...

Having used this system on several snowmobile trailers, as well as RVs, I'll just add that the grease flows through this system best, in warm temps, and after a tow, hubs warm. I never greased my sled trailers in winter, just before a trip. The EZs have worked for me, with no issues.

Jerry

[Cummins12V98]

I have the same system on my DRV. I had MORryde grease the bearings last summer while having my risers done with my own AMZ/OIL synthetic grease. No grease is coming thru the back seal. I will check for slop and adjust the bearings if needed and pump away this summer.

[Cummins12V98]

TnTtravelers wrote:
Be careful pumping grease into those ezlube bearings. I've heard that you can easily blow out the inner seal and grease will contaminate your brakes. Not a good thing. You should only need to push a couple of pumps in there once a year, if even that. What gives me pause is that you stated that you pumped 100 X into them.

Did you read this part?

"I scooped out as much of the old grease possible and re assembled setting the bearings per Dexters recommendations."

So the cavity was mostly empty. It takes quite a few pumps just to fill the voids and then to push out the old grease.

You need to pump enough grease into the system to see fresh grease coming out and scoop away old grease. Sounds like you need to read the DEXTER directions and give it a shot yourself. As I said the grease flowed thru the bearings very easily.

[ralphnjoann]

avvidclif1 wrote:
Bmach

If you pump enough to force the old grease out where does it go???

It goes through the spindle and comes back through the bearings, then exits through the front. When you see clean grease coming out through the front, you know that you've put in enough.

EZ-Lube

[tragusa3]

Before doing my own, I asked on forums for opinions. Overwhelmingly, I was told not to use them and to hand pack. So of course, I used them. The concern was, as mentioned above, blowing out the rear seal.

I, too, put many, many pumps. I did so until it was obviously clean grease coming out of the front. Key to not blowing the seals, is that I went very slow while my son kept the wheel spinning for me. We spent about 15 minutes on each wheel (that slow).

I was able to see all of the dirty grease come out until it was clean. At that point, I had confidence the job was done.

I've towed about 10k miles since and the rear seals were fine. I'm going to continue to use the system, but carefully.

[avvidclif1]

Bmach

If you pump enough to force the old grease out where does it go???

[Bmach]

You need to pump enough grease into them to force the old grease out. It takes a lot of pumps not just a couple. Tnt I think you are thinking about "Bearing Buddies" they are a completely different animal.

[TnTtravelers]

Be careful pumping grease into those ezlube bearings. I've heard that you can easily blow out the inner seal and grease will contaminate your brakes. Not a good thing. You should only need to push a couple of pumps in there once a year, if even that. What gives me pause is that you stated that you pumped 100 X into them.