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coopercdrkey
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 26 Aug 2012 Location: Cedar Key, FL Online Status: Offline Posts: 457 |
Topic: Wheel Bearing Maintenance Posted: 14 Apr 2018 at 4:59am |
I appreciate all the responses. You folks are helpful, considerate, quite well meaning, and have left me totally confused!
I guess I will go back to plan A and have my local mechanic repack the bearings. Will he be able to deal with the EZ- whatever's ?
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Bob and Joyce
Jennifer and Baxter, the Campin' Cocker Spaniels RP 177 "Key Pod" Chevrolet Silverado 1500 LT / Z71 |
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Keith-N-Dar
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 03 Apr 2011 Location: Mayville, WI Online Status: Offline Posts: 1447 |
Posted: 13 Apr 2018 at 1:52pm |
Seals are routinely replaced. They are cheap and often destroyed when removed.
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Keith-N-Dar
Boris & Betty (Boston Terriers) 2011 R-Pod 177 2010 Ford F-150 |
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PodWa
Newbie Joined: 11 Oct 2016 Location: Cheney, WA Online Status: Offline Posts: 36 |
Posted: 13 Apr 2018 at 11:12am |
During the first week of March we took our RP-179, purchased in September 2016, to have the wheel bearings repacked. Our R-Pod has travelled just over three thousand miles since new. Though the service was due in September, I waited until spring to have the service done because the trailer was not used during the winter and I wanted to be ready for some lengthy trips this summer. Service personnel found the bearing seals leaking and had to replace the seals and one of the backing plates. The service manager told me that the axle manufacturer uses low quality grease that separates into the thicker and lighter components and leaks through the seals. I was quite surprised that the grease and seals would deteriorate in only 3,000 miles of travel. We will see how things look when we have the wheel bearings repacked next spring.
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lostagain
Senior Member Joined: 06 Sep 2016 Location: Quaker Hill, CT Online Status: Offline Posts: 2587 |
Posted: 13 Apr 2018 at 9:18am |
We have a local car repair shop that works from time to time on our car and truck take care of the bearings once a year. They use a good quality grease and it's no more expensive than going to an RV service place and a whole lot faster. Last repack, I was in and out in less than an hour, the price was fair, and the work was of high quality. I could do it myself, I guess, but sometimes I get lazy.
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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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Keith-N-Dar
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 03 Apr 2011 Location: Mayville, WI Online Status: Offline Posts: 1447 |
Posted: 13 Apr 2018 at 2:58am |
I have mine packed amd the brakes inspected and adjusted eacj spring. I have seen far to many trailers on the side of the road to trust the EZ lubers.
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Keith-N-Dar
Boris & Betty (Boston Terriers) 2011 R-Pod 177 2010 Ford F-150 |
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seafans
Senior Member Joined: 24 Nov 2017 Online Status: Offline Posts: 155 |
Posted: 12 Apr 2018 at 10:23pm |
We purchased our first Rpod 180 at the first of the year. First thing about the only issue was the right-hand brake did not work. Soon after arriving home I removed the hub and found the brake shoes and magnet saturated with grease. Removed the other side and found some on the shoes. The grease pathway from the zerk fitting travels through the spindle and then discharges just inside of the seal. Too much and the grease is purged through the seal onto the brakes. This in my opinion is not a good way or option of lubing the bearings. The manufacture says to fill the spindle with grease. When the hub get hot from, mostly the application of the breaks the grease expands and puff, there goes your brakes and magnet. Manually packing the wheel bearing is the best way to go. |
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Posted: 11 Apr 2018 at 3:34pm |
This sounds too much like an EZ Lube love fest! I'll be "Mr. Contrary" and point out something I found a few years back: http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6823&KW=Dexter&PID=64869&title=ez-lube-axles#64869 Take THAT...you bearing non-packers! (Yes, it is about Dexter but, I think Lippert is a similar design) |
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coopercdrkey
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 26 Aug 2012 Location: Cedar Key, FL Online Status: Offline Posts: 457 |
Posted: 11 Apr 2018 at 3:23pm |
Boy, am I glad I asked this question! Thanks for saving me a bunch of grief and un-needed effort.
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Bob and Joyce
Jennifer and Baxter, the Campin' Cocker Spaniels RP 177 "Key Pod" Chevrolet Silverado 1500 LT / Z71 |
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TheBum
Senior Member Joined: 26 Feb 2016 Location: Texas Online Status: Offline Posts: 1407 |
Posted: 11 Apr 2018 at 12:19pm |
I think the term "E-Z lube" is being used generically here to describe a method that doesn't require disassembly. The Lippert Zerk fitting would fall into that category and that's what I was referring to.
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Alan
2022 R-Pod 196 "RaptoRPod" 2022 Ram 1500 Lone Star 4x4 Three cats |
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texman
Senior Member Joined: 24 Jul 2014 Location: TeXas Online Status: Offline Posts: 446 |
Posted: 11 Apr 2018 at 11:45am |
http://www.dexteraxle.com/resources/videos/e-z-lube-system
this explains it. |
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