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That will happen if you don't jack the wheel up and spin while you're inserting the grease.
yup...either they didnt spin the hub/wheel or they used a pneumatic gun. If folks cant figure out EZ lube then they shouldnt be pulling bearings manually either, lol.
That will happen if you don't jack the wheel up and spin while you're inserting the grease.
He said he did rotate the wheel. All it takes is a marginal seal that allows this to happen.
Either do it the correct way or the the lazy way. Even Dexter(maker of LAZ-Lube), in their manual, says to pull the bearings and inspect every 12mo/12K miles. If you have drum brakes, you should be inspecting them every at that interval anyway.
He said he did rotate the wheel. All it takes is a marginal seal that allows this to happen.
Either do it the correct way or the the lazy way. Even Dexter(maker of LAZ-Lube), in their manual, says to pull the bearings and inspect every 12mo/12K miles. If you have drum brakes, you should be inspecting them every at that interval anyway.
Of course he did.
The EZ lube axles have been out for over 2 decades with little to no issues...if they were constantly blowing seals out, they wouldnt be selling them. The way the EZ lube axle is designed, theres no way for it to blow out the rear seal unless its already damaged, you arent spinning the wheel, and/or the wheel is still on the ground.
Nobody ever said that EZ lube replaced the requirement for pulling and inspecting bearings...there are two correct methods for re-greasing bearings, one is without EZlube, and one is with. I actually manually grease the bearings and then use the EZ lube method to fill any missed cavities, no matter how well you pack it, youll be able to get at least 2 or 3 pumps out. The benefit to EZ lube is if you wish, you can actually repack the bearings more frequently without pulling the bearings. I also dont pull bearings and inspect them, the hours it would take to pull every bearing, clean the grease out, inspect and spin every roller, isnt worth the cost of just replacing them.
One can choose to either manually lube the bearings per the manual or choose to use the EZ lube system if installed...both correct per the manufacturer.
it is mentioned in the link you provided. Page 57.
inspect the bearings and either repack by hand or
Using ez lube…per the manual
It never says to pack either by hand or EZ Lube when inspecting bearings per the annual maintenance. It says to hand pack. And as the Timken instructions said, you don't want to fill the hub so using LAZ-Lube is not only unecessary, it's detrimental.
It never says to pack either by hand or EZ Lube when inspecting bearings per the annual maintenance. It says to hand pack. And as the Timken instructions said, you don't want to fill the hub so using LAZ-Lube is not only unecessary, it's detrimental.
well I’m going to ignore the timken medium duty pdf as I don’t have a medium duty vehicle nor do I own a timken axle. I will continue to lube my axles per the instructions in the dexter manual (despite it not being visible to some, lol). A random guy posting another random guys picture that clearly shows someone else missing a few pages in their manual isn’t going to change how I do things after having 0 issues on the trailers I’ve owned.
To hell with what Dexter says that Laz-e-lube is crap.Two campers and a boat trailer bear this out. As you inject grease it takes the path of least resistance which is it only gets to the outside bearing. The spindle on my boat trailer is drilled through the center of the spindle for the grease zerk. about a half inch back 180 deg to it is the cotter pin slot. Guess where the grease goes? Dexter has had it for two decades yet still can't get it right. Once a year pull the hubs, clean, inspect and re-grease the bearings and you'll have far less on the road worries.
