Re: Grease or Oil????
If it makes you feel better, there isn't an 18 wheeler cruising the highways of this great country that doesn't have it's running gear lubricated with oil.....how's that for will it work and BTDT....it works?
On a boat trailer it's perfect, absolutely perfect, and today I was cruising the Ranger site and stumbled across it and went nuts.............absolutely nuts.
It's perfect for a marine application for two reasons (why do you think Ranger would have incorporated it in the first place if it wasn't the right answer) (had one of them too; Rangers that is):
1. There is a volume of air over the oil so any changes in volume caused by driving down a steaming hot Interstate Highway in the Summer, and then instantly immersing the bearings in cool water are instantly compensated for.....no sucking in launch water when the bearings and lube suck up from the change in temp like what happens with conventional grease lubes....Bearing Buddies or not....they help, but the problem still exists.
2. The oil covers the whole system. You don't have to worry as to whether or not the inner bearing is being lubed because you can see the lube level and it goes through the entire hub.
If I were buying a boat, especially if I were a tournament guy, or a family guy who had to travel many miles to get to the playground, I wouldn't have anything else.
Am I sold on them? Naw just convinced.
Mark
