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wilber1 wrote:Could be you're right about a huge waste of grease, but I've got a triple axle, plenty of grease, but a only finite amount of time to waste on pulling 6 wheels and repacking same. So I pick wasting some of that grease, and save my time for other things. ๐
Allways seemed like a huge waste of grease to me, filling a whole hub with grease to do a job that only requires a few onces. I'm still using the same tub of Penzoil 707L that I bought in 2002.
โApr-12-2017 07:27 AM
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Road Phantom wrote:
I made a turn into a shopping center parking lot, looked back and saw one of my trailer wheels lying in the middle of the road. We have a 2011 Cougar half-ton 5th wheel. The brakes, including backing plates were replaced new last summer. I greased the bearings via the outer zerk fittings this Feb. All this and the bearing failed, breaking the drum. the wheel came off along with the broken drum.
I blame this in part to the size drum they put on these light weight trailers. Mine are ten inches across the inside center. We are careful to load light for trips, despite the 2900 lb carrying capacity which leaves me to believe the Dexter axles are way under par for this trailer which weighs about 7000 empty.
โApr-11-2017 09:53 PM
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โApr-11-2017 09:28 PM
Labman7 wrote:Actually I had one of the first year cars that went to electronic ignition. Chrysler came out with it first and I did have trouble with it. They had problems diagnosing the problem because it was intermittent. I'm grateful they corrected the design flaws to give us a modern reliable product.
Reminds me of when cars went to electronic ignition. For years if it didn't have points and a condenser, it wasn't reliable. Can't trust that new fancy stuff. LOL.
โApr-11-2017 08:22 PM
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โApr-11-2017 07:04 PM
BiggestRon wrote:
Hey gang,
The OP's situation scared me. After thinking about the conversation, its been 10 years on my bearing. So I have a few questions.
What do you use to clean the old grease from the bearing? Do you use brake clean or some other liquid. I don't have a parts washer. What grease do you recommend.
Ron
โApr-11-2017 06:59 PM
โApr-11-2017 06:46 PM
John&Joey wrote:And that's what failed if you read the post. People even explained why they fail.
I swear I'm an old soak also, but for Pete's sake at least I can see a better way of doing things. You guys got to step up your game to at least this century.
Clicky