Chuck&Gail
In the Colorado Mountains
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Loved them on our last TT. A few slow pumps a year worked. I also pulled one wheel hub every other year so I could check brakes. While off I packed by hand. Worked for me.
Chuck
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webecreekin
Las Cruces, NM 88005
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Where does the grease that you are replacing go?
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DaSu
St. Cloud Mn.
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I also have a question regarding the packing of ones wheel bearings . How is the best way to remove the back or inner bearing seal? It seems to me as a kid working in a gas station we just put the nut back on and gently pulled to force the seal and bearing off . Seems primative , but this is the way I was taught . How do you do it?
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BruceStarkey
Ontario, Canada
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The E-Z-Lube were an attempt to make maintenance easier that back-fired dramatically. As all have previously stated, one or two shots is the maximum. Also do this AFTER driving the rig to heat up the grease in the hubs. Also do this with a warm grease gun, may sound foolish but cold grease doesn't want to move out of the way to let the new stuff in and will merely force it out the path of least resistance - - that rear seal! These hubs are a compromise as the front bearing merely gets it's feed from the grease warming up and moving forward to the front bearing while driving, if you force enough grease into the hub to see it eventually coming out of the front from behind the castleated nut washer, your hub is now brim full and when that sucker gets hot, that rear seal had better be a double lip variety with the tension spring back-up or your next stop is a brake job. A yearly dissasemble for inspection and repack is a tried and true system. Cars have refrained from using/having this system since the dark ages for just this reason; grease and brakes don't belong in the same recipe.
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scotty63
British Columbia Canada
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My son worked in the movie industry maintaining their trailer wheels and brakes. These were done every six months abd he told me to forget the easy lube system. He found that most units needed the bearings and races replaced after one or two inspections because of overheating even though they were full of grease and kept full. Other units without easy lube were lasting for years with just a manual repack every 6 months. These units were hauled several hundred miles every month, and much of it through very severe conditions.
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