Dexter bearing adjustment procedure
I totally get NOT using the EZlube fitting (ruined some brakes), Timken parts, and annual service. What I don't get is the conflicting methods being used to set the zero backlash on the bearing, i.e....
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Lynnmor wrote:I serviced them the year before last year, so it had only been 6 years. And they were fine as were all the bearings.fj12ryder wrote:
Yes a tight bearing will bind and heat up and go south...but you have no idea what that "mechanic" did. You weren't there, and you're simply speculating, but you sound a lot like "a know-it-all expert mechanic in his mind". You might want to put an "I imagine" in there somewhere.
You haven't serviced your brakes in 8 years, so you may have no idea what is going on in your brakes and bearings.
