Wheel Bearing Repacking question

bravelion wrote:
After how many miles should wheel bearings be repacked? What does that actually entail?

Well, according to Dexter, bearings should be inspected and repacked annually or every 12K miles, whichever comes first. If this happened to be your own trailer, yes you might want to follow that. Many let it go longer than that. But 500 miles?? That's just plain ridiculous. Just an upcharge for nothing. Doing a proper repack on 4 wheels is hours of work, and not possible to do for $55.

As mentioned, just how would they know your mileage? 500 miles is a pretty short road trip. It would be interesting to ask how they track it. Another important reason to pull your drums off is to do a brake inspection. That's just as important as a routine bearing inspection/repack, if not more so.

As for tire speed rating, there's more of a choice now for higher than a 65 mph speed rating. Just had a set of Endurance installed with an 87 mph rating and have a few hundred miles on them. Nice to have ST tires that you don't have to restrict to 65 mph all the time. While I rarely want to or have a need to go above 65, I did get up to 75 or so on the interstate with them a couple of times and they sure run nice and track straight as an arrow.