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DavMar
Senior Member Joined: 04 Aug 2017 Location: Lexington, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 592 |
Topic: Wheel Bearing Maintenance Posted: 24 Apr 2018 at 3:33pm |
Is it the older axles that you manually have to pack the grease in the bearings because I thought the new axles has a zerk fitting to re-grease them with a grease gun?
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Dave & Marlene J with Zoey the
wonder dog. 2017 Rpod 180 2016 Toyota Tacoma SR5 4x4 Lexington, NC |
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TheBum
Senior Member Joined: 26 Feb 2016 Location: Texas Online Status: Offline Posts: 1407 |
Posted: 24 Apr 2018 at 11:17am |
If you're using the zerk fitting to regrease, make sure you use a grease with a red lithium base so that you don't end up mixing different types. The grease I use is the Lucas "Red-n-Tacky".
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Alan
2022 R-Pod 196 "RaptoRPod" 2022 Ram 1500 Lone Star 4x4 Three cats |
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lostagain
Senior Member Joined: 06 Sep 2016 Location: Quaker Hill, CT Online Status: Offline Posts: 2587 |
Posted: 23 Apr 2018 at 10:36pm |
The hub pops off. The axle nut is held in place by a bent washer, at least on ours, rather than a cotter key.
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Never leave footprints behind.
Fred & Maria Kearney Sonoma 167RB Our Pod 172 2019 Ford F-150 4x4 2.7 EcoBoost |
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rawest50
Senior Member Joined: 07 Mar 2017 Location: Arkansas Online Status: Offline Posts: 440 |
Posted: 23 Apr 2018 at 10:22pm |
How do you install on the hub. I looked and I have a chrome dome cover on the end of the axle. Does ithe cover pop or screw off? Then what? Snap on or screw? I had a boat long ago and they just snapped on and we’re spring loaded. These look a 100 times better.
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2017.5 RPod 179
2017 Jeep Unlimited Wrangler 2017 Chevy Colorado Z71 Off Road Crew Cab 2 Weiner dogs Great wife puts up with my BS ❤️ Thoroughbred Racing. |
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seafans
Senior Member Joined: 24 Nov 2017 Online Status: Offline Posts: 155 |
Posted: 23 Apr 2018 at 9:09pm |
The Wheel Bearing and Chassis Grease Part #75-601 is made by Valvoline and it is a paraffin base grease. I did not find any particular grease spec such as NLGI#2, so it could be "cool whip" If you can find someone local that sales AMSOIL products the Synthetic Multi-Purpose Grease is the way to go. This grease will not separate or liquefy and seep through the wheel seal seals. If you have the Leppart 10" hubs on your R-pod the seals might be 10-19 NAPA part number. They have the same numbers on them as the manufacture. Net price is about $2.29.
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Posted: 23 Apr 2018 at 5:04pm |
Please allow me to amend this: "Wheel Bearing and Chassis Grease" Part #75-601 https://www.napaonline.com/en/p/NO_75601 |
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Posted: 23 Apr 2018 at 4:33pm |
I use a product called "Wheel Bearing Grease" from NAPA auto parts. It comes in a plastic tub - kind of like "Country Crock" or "Cool Whip". I'm all set to service mine....I just need the weather to cooperate. |
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malkbean2
Groupie Joined: 31 Jan 2017 Online Status: Offline Posts: 80 |
Posted: 23 Apr 2018 at 4:21pm |
What kind of grease should e used on the rpod wheel bearings?
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Wood River Pod
Senior Member Joined: 30 Sep 2016 Location: Wood River, ID Online Status: Offline Posts: 153 |
Posted: 14 Apr 2018 at 10:20am |
When we had a local auto/tire shop put on the risers on our axle, I also had them take a look at the bearings before our 2,500 mile Sedona trip. They said that it was ok, but soon would be due for service. Grease was just starting to break down. Went ahead and had it done. One less thing to worry about on the trip. We got the pod in September 2016 and had made a few longer road trips of 1,000ish miles. Made it just over a year before service. I'll now add that to the annual spring dewinterize list. Cost like $85. Cheap piece of mind.
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Posted: 14 Apr 2018 at 6:55am |
As with so many things in life and camping.......there's more than one way to skin the proverbial cat. Truth be told, I have used both methods and if we were to pull the hubs on my camper, right now, we would find the spindles pumped full of grease. That said, I do believe the 2015 Trailer Life article/ Dexter's advise. This season, I plan to (soon) pull everything apart and clean/inspect/repack. Next year......???????? Yes/OK, your mechanic should have no problem in servicing the EZ Lube axles. Here is what I SUSPECT in regards to the EZ Lubes: The manufacturers developed them for marine applications. However, there is really no issue in using them for campers - they should work just fine. Why make 2 different styles of axles when one is fine? |
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