Advised not to repack bearings???
Two years ago, and with our previous trailer, we had a miserable and expensive bearing failure while 4k miles from home. At the time, we had buddy bearings and were under the impression that they did...
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Itakethe5th2011 wrote:
I followed the direction on how to lube Dexter ezlube the first year I had my trailer. Took a lot of grease the first time I did it. Had tires off ground, turned wheel slowly while lubing hub with hand pump grease gun. It was real easy. The next year, as recommended by Dexter, I remove the drums to inspect the brakes. To my surprise, 3 of 4 wheels had grease leak past seal and on brake shoes. I had to get new shoes and clean the mess up. I called Dexter and the gentleman on the phone said the hubs were design for boat trailers, but the rv industry has jumped on them as a sale pitch. He still recommends packing by hand. I would never ever grease with gun again. Hand pack every year. Just feel much safer when I need to stop trailer.
My experiences exactly. Lots of truth spoken here!!! EZ lube hubs work great on a boat trailer that gets submerged but on a travel trailer they will fill your brake drums with grease and totally ruin your brake shoes!!! Been there done that!!!!
