How much grease for wheel bearings?
I have run into this problem more then once over the years with boat and camping trailers. Over greasing zerk fitting on wheels and pushing grease through the seals and getting grease into brakes. ...
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The E-Z lub bearing dust covers game out for boat trailers. Before that all wheel bearing were just packed which leaves a lot of air space in the hub.
Many years ago my father in law bought a new boat and trailer, 16' 100 hp outboard. Every time the family would go boating, mostly while camping, he would never launch the boat until they had been at the lake for a couple of hours. He always wanted the wheel bearings on the boat trailer to cool down before backing it into the water at the boat launch.
As time went on and family grew up and left home, wife and I bought that boat and trailer. One of the first things I did was to put E-Z lub type dust covers on trailer hubs. No more waiting for the bearings to cool down before launching. That is what those type bearing dust covers were made for.
Dusty
Many years ago my father in law bought a new boat and trailer, 16' 100 hp outboard. Every time the family would go boating, mostly while camping, he would never launch the boat until they had been at the lake for a couple of hours. He always wanted the wheel bearings on the boat trailer to cool down before backing it into the water at the boat launch.
As time went on and family grew up and left home, wife and I bought that boat and trailer. One of the first things I did was to put E-Z lub type dust covers on trailer hubs. No more waiting for the bearings to cool down before launching. That is what those type bearing dust covers were made for.
Dusty
