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7ovr50

Posted 11/24/2021 8:46 PM (#999308 - in reply to #996401)
Subject: Re: Trailer bearings

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New trailers have a system where the center of the dust cap is a rubber plug. When the plug is removed on the Axel is a grease fitting that pushes the old grease out as the fresh grease is pumped in the old grease is pushed out through the hole created by the removal of the plug. There is no pressure on the seal like the old bearing buddy produced so the likely hood of seal failure is remote from the replacement grease. Before the rubber plug is reinserted I make sure the entire hub is filled to over flow before the plug reinserted into the dust cover. I do this several times a season and before storage. Maybe I'm just lucky and have had no problems. I don't know. If or when this system fails I'll start doing the repack deal again. Thanks for the response.