Do you have bearing buddies? if so its recomended that when you pull it out of the water you should hit with grease if you wait to pull home if any water entered then it will stay there and have time to mix with grease.
Do you have bearing buddies? if so its recomended that when you pull it out of the water you should hit with grease if you wait to pull home if any water entered then it will stay there and have time to mix with grease.
Oh crap...I wish the dealer had told me that. I've been to the lake with this thing a few dozen times now and haven't hit it with the grease gun the first time yet!!!
I usually give them a quick squirt with the grease gun when they have been submerged and before a long trip. Keep an eye to the temperature of them when you stop during a longer trip.
Water doesn't always get into wheel bearings, on boat trailers. Especially a new one.
What cuases the water to enter is the temperature differential-cold water/ warm wheel hub. You can lower this potential by backing the baot in to the water with the water just touching the hub. That cools it off and minimizes the temp. differential.
I repack my bearings annually. I rarely replace them unless they show signs of pitting. I always replace the rear seals. Over greasing can cause failures too. Most Bearing Buddies have a relief hole that relieves the pressure of over greasing. I'm pretty stingy on the grease. I like clean wheels.
Water doesn't always get into wheel bearings, on boat trailers. Especially a new one.
What cuases the water to enter is the temperature differential-cold water/ warm wheel hub. You can lower this potential by backing the baot in to the water with the water just touching the hub. That cools it off and minimizes the temp. differential.
I repack my bearings annually. I rarely replace them unless they show signs of pitting. I always replace the rear seals. Over greasing can cause failures too. Most Bearing Buddies have a relief hole that relieves the pressure of over greasing. I'm pretty stingy on the grease. I like clean wheels.
I run Super Lube hubs. I pull them and repack as part of my winterization routine and that's typically it for the year. The bearings in the trailer where installed 3 years ago and where still in good shape back in December when I last checked them.
Grease is not a consumable. If you need to add grease you either have a leaking seal or you didn't back the bearing correctly in the first place. I can't remember the last time I had to add grease to my wheel bearings during the season and I pull maybe 3500-4000 miles a year.
I run Super Lube hubs. I pull them and repack as part of my winterization routine and that's typically it for the year. The bearings in the trailer where installed 3 years ago and where still in good shape back in December when I last checked them.
Grease is not a consumable. If you need to add grease you either have a leaking seal or you didn't back the bearing correctly in the first place. I can't remember the last time I had to add grease to my wheel bearings during the season and I pull maybe 3500-4000 miles a year.
Whether I need it or not I always do as stated in my post above. If it did not need it then "Oh Well" If it did then it could be a lifesaver from stopping the bearing giving out. I pull around 3,000 miles per year.
