laknox
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fj12ryder wrote:Huntindog wrote:fj12ryder wrote:Just to clarify, you can't get too much grease into the axle to blow past the rear seal using the EZ-Lube system and a hand powered grease gun. Excess grease will exit the axle past the grease zerk. If grease gets past the seal, it's a bad seal.
The problem is, using the EZ Lube is akin to working blindfolded. One cannot tell if a seal has failed until the damage is done. I don't recommend using the EZ-Lube system, I was just explaining you can't "blow the grease seals" by adding too much grease via the EZ-Lube zerk. I don't use them, and don't see the value in using them.
Dunno. I used them every year for 13 years on my '04 Komfort and never blew out a seal. Jack up a wheel, spin it while =slowly= pupmping grease, listen for popping noise, stop pumping, lower the wheel, jack up the next one. (shrug)
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I said "I don't recommend them", I didn't say "Don't use them". You are certainly free to do whatever you wish. It's your grease, and money, to waste.
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Thanks all for your time and input always learning thanks
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My experience with a creaking noise on my tandem axle boat trailer and 5th wheel leads me to believe your noise is coming from the springs and associated areas. Rust builds up and any movement will cause a creaking sound. I coat all surfaces with PB Blaster, red and tacky grease or fogging oil used for winterizing outboard motors. It always goes away after a few miles of driving. You must have someone stand next to the axles and move the rig back and forth to see if the noise is actually coming from the axles. The way RV's are built today it is very common to have frame cracks or welds cracked. You cannot isolate this noise from the cab of the tow vehicle. Get someone to help
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Thanks much I will proceed with your suggestion
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tourusa wrote:Thanks much I will proceed with your suggestion
Let us know how this ends up. Might save someone else from dealing with it.
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spoon059
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Do you have wet bolts with bronze bushings in the suspension, or the crappy plastic bushings? If plastic, it will wear through pretty quickly and make that banging sound.
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Dexter axle, I would say plastic crappy, do you know how to replace and where to get the good ones from thanks
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I bought the MorRyde wet bolt kit, includes wet bolts, bronze bushings and thicker shackles. Paid about $100.
Jack one side up, take out one spring bolt at a time and replace it with the wet bolts. Every year I put a pump of grease in the wet bolt. I used to have popping and creaking sounds when I drove slow through a campground, it is super quiet now.
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Great thanks so doing this on the road sounds doable one bolt at a time makes total sense thanks
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