How many of you grease your own trailer axles?
I've got EZ lube hubs on my enclosed car hauler trailer and just greased them for the 1st time at about 6800 miles. It took quite a bit of grease this 1st time as you're filling up the hub cavity when you do it. And these are 6000# axles so they have the bigger bearings and hubs. Roughly 1 tube of grease for 2 wheels.
As for bearings, I've always just made them hand tight and called it good. I've done this on my flat car hauler trailer that I've owned since 1986. As others have said above, too tight = death!
I've got EZ lube hubs on my enclosed car hauler trailer and just greased them for the 1st time at about 6800 miles. It took quite a bit of grease this 1st time as you're filling up the hub cavity when you do it. And these are 6000# axles so they have the bigger bearings and hubs. Roughly 1 tube of grease for 2 wheels.
As for bearings, I've always just made them hand tight and called it good. I've done this on my flat car hauler trailer that I've owned since 1986. As others have said above, too tight = death!
