E-Z lube hub cover replacement?
I have E-Z lube hubs, but the wheels have chrome hub covers that insert from the inside, which means that if I want to grease the hubs, I need to remove the tires. Has anyone replaced those hub cover ...
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If it's time for greasing the bearings, it's also time for inspecting them, which requires removing the wheel and hub.
EZ-lube type systems may be useful on boat trailers, where you might want to replace the grease more often in case water gets in. But Bearing Buddies should keep that from happening in the first place.
In addition to needing to inspect the bearings, using an EZ-lube system often results in grease getting past the seal and onto the brakes. Then you've got a much bigger job than simply removing the hub in the first place. It will take about a full tube of grease on each hub to displace the all the old grease, which there will be a lot of (if you pump a tube in, a tube's worth comes out), so it's no less messy than just repacking by hand. You have to jack it up and rotate the wheel when pumping the grease in, and it takes a lot of pumping a grease gun to push a full tube through. So you really don't save much, if any, time or effort.
Do you get the idea that I'm not a fan of using an EZ-lube system?
EZ-lube type systems may be useful on boat trailers, where you might want to replace the grease more often in case water gets in. But Bearing Buddies should keep that from happening in the first place.
In addition to needing to inspect the bearings, using an EZ-lube system often results in grease getting past the seal and onto the brakes. Then you've got a much bigger job than simply removing the hub in the first place. It will take about a full tube of grease on each hub to displace the all the old grease, which there will be a lot of (if you pump a tube in, a tube's worth comes out), so it's no less messy than just repacking by hand. You have to jack it up and rotate the wheel when pumping the grease in, and it takes a lot of pumping a grease gun to push a full tube through. So you really don't save much, if any, time or effort.
Do you get the idea that I'm not a fan of using an EZ-lube system?
