rtaylor0830
davidsonville md
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How often do you guys that go weekend camping during the summer repack your bearings and what does it cost. Is it a do it yourself job and how hard is it.
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Chris
Shelter Bay, Wa
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Find someone to re-pack them and teach you the process. Then in the future you can do it yourself. Keeping things clean is very important. Chris
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2001.5 2500 STD CAB AUTO SLT 4x4, CTD 4:10's, Bomb'd to Tow
2005 Cardinal 29WBLX.
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old guy
Oregon (pronounced Or e gun)
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go to etrailer.com. they have videos on how to do it if yyoou plan on doing it yourself. if not you can go to a ties shop or garage that do that service. will cost about $100 per axle
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Bionic Man
Colorado
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I have mine done every other year. An axle service runs about $100 per axle, includes new bearings as well as servicing the brakes.
2012 RAM 3500 Laramie Longhorn DRW CC 4x4 Cummins HO, 60 gallon RDS aux fuel tank, Reese 18k Elite hitch
2003 Dodge Ram 3500 QC SB 4x4 Cummins HO NV5600 with Smarty JR, Jacobs EB (sold)
2002 Gulf Stream Sea Hawk 29FRB with Honda EV6010
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shum02
Burlington ON CDA
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Every other year and unless there are issues that force me into new units the price of grease, a grease cleaner(WD40 for me) and my time.
2006 F350 Lariat FX4 CC 4x4 PSD
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Road Runners
Tampa Bay, Florida
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I put about 6 to 10 thousand miles a year on our fiver and I clean and repack my bearings once a year in the spring. We have about 90,000 miles on the trailer and four years ago I changed out all the bearings although I am not sure they needed it.
'05' F-250 Power Stroke
'00' 30' Cameo Fifth Wheel
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tomman58
Southeast Michigan
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I takemine to the Jayco dealer once a year (as we travel no less than 7 to 15 thousand miles a year) They charge me 98 bucks hardly worth doing it myself they will rotate the tires and grease the Mor/ryde.
2008 Silverado D/A,CC 4x4 ,3.73,IBC LTZ+
2012 Jayco 322 FKS
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It must be time to go, the suns out and I've got a full tank of diesel!
Lifes short enough without bitch'n about it!
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Dave H M
IL
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I feel comfortable doing mine about every five yers.
And I already heard the one bout cheap insurance. 
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jay5er
Livonia Michigan
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Hey Tomman 58, can you share with the rest of us in S.E. Michigan what dealer you have found that your comfortable with.
THANKS
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tomman58
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jay5er wrote:Hey Tomman 58, can you share with the rest of us in S.E. Michigan what dealer you have found that your comfortable with.
THANKS
Sorry, I live in SE Michigan but they are RV unfriendly. So I keep my TT at our house up north in NE Michigan, LOL.
I use Jays in Tawas as my dealer for the Jayco.They are about the nicest and friendliest folks I know.
I never have had a question unanswered and they will get Jayco to send drawings or whatever is needed to answer a query.
I had them put on the Mor/Ryde system on my present trailer and they were fair and reasonable.
Their main office is in Alpena. Doreen is the boss and shes the one I buy from although Andy at Jays would be a good choice also if you are near there.
Hope this helps
P I bought my first trailer near Northline road in Taylor but was not at all happy with the way they treated customers and the attitude of the owner really sucked. He had no compassion for anyone and it was evident in the way he talked about people.
Other folks told me to buy up north as I would get a better deal, they were right by 1500 bucks.
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