I recently tried to grease my bearings through the zerks in the center of my wheels. Both sides had issues. The first side, (the on shown in my links) acted as though the center BB in the zerk was stuck in, and when I pulled the grease gun off, grease came out of the center hole. On the second side, the zerk actually stuck to the grease gun, and pulled out of the hub.
A few questions about this.
1) I'm trying to figure out what system I have on this trailer. I don't think these are bearing buddies. Is that correct?
2) If they aren't bearing buddies, what is the proper way to maintain these bearings?
3) I assume I can just replace the zerk that has the stuck bb by removing it and replacing it with a new one like a screw. Is that correct?
4) How do I replace the one that came out? When it came out, it looked like it had been completely stripped. Do I need to tap a larger threaded hole and get a larger zerk, or is there more to it than this?
Here are links to a couple of pictures of the zerk that didn't fall out.
http://picasaweb.google.com/shep247/20100612TrailerHub#5481957009728852834
http://picasaweb.google.com/shep247/20100612TrailerHub#5481957015903536754
Thanks,
shep
A few questions about this.
1) I'm trying to figure out what system I have on this trailer. I don't think these are bearing buddies. Is that correct?
2) If they aren't bearing buddies, what is the proper way to maintain these bearings?
3) I assume I can just replace the zerk that has the stuck bb by removing it and replacing it with a new one like a screw. Is that correct?
4) How do I replace the one that came out? When it came out, it looked like it had been completely stripped. Do I need to tap a larger threaded hole and get a larger zerk, or is there more to it than this?
Here are links to a couple of pictures of the zerk that didn't fall out.
http://picasaweb.google.com/shep247/20100612TrailerHub#5481957009728852834
http://picasaweb.google.com/shep247/20100612TrailerHub#5481957015903536754
Thanks,
shep