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RE: EZ Lube Axles
Actually it has nothing to do with quality.
Your car . truck does not sit for weeks or months at a time. It is used often so there is no need to have the bearings repacked. However RV's are subject to those long periods of sitting. Moisture can get in and rust can form.
That is what I was told by a mechanic.
Run your hubs...touch them from time to time to see if they're getting hot...and repack/inspect them on a regular basis (1 yr/10,000 miles whichever comes first) or so...
Sort of hijacking the OP, but why are the bearings in trailers so short lived. The bearings on my car & truck certainly aren't pulled, inspected, and relubed once a year or 10K miles.
Why are TT bearings? Lesser quality? Poor spindles on the axles?
Because it's just a CYA thing for the manufacturers. In reallity it just isn't needed. I used to go through them every year but when I got this last TT I realized that i had been wasting my time. I finally went through mine after about 40K miles and 7 years. It was a complete waste of time. They were still just like new and could have gone many more miles.
A person should check they're brakes and adjust them every year but if the bearings are done right, they probably only need to be gone through when the brakes are replaced.
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timjcarter9
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02/20/12 09:24pm |
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