grease outside bearing

[rob711]

i have a new trailer...karavan i believe..when i picked it up the guy told me to add grease just untill i saw the plate the grease fitting is on move, then stop. well i checked them the other day..one took about 3 pumps....the other side had a lot of grease around the grease fitting...as if it leaked out...it took about 5 pumps untill i saw it move....does this mean a seal is broken..i hope this is understandable!!!

 

[tashasdaddy]

Re: grease outside bearing

if the seal is broken, you will get grease on the inside of the wheel and tire. the grease around the fitting is usually a human error, that the grease gun was not completely on the fitting, before you pumped. when thru wipe it off.

 

[wire2]

Re: grease outside bearing

Rob, mine have always done that too, if I pump til it moves, then tow it for several miles, the spring pressure tends to expel the extra grease past the plate. I wipe it out, then it's clean until I pump more in. I've never had to replace a bearing so they work fine that way.

 

[rob711]

Re: grease outside bearing

cool thanks guys...i did'nt think it was a major problem...i wiped it clean and it seems good...there was no grease comming out on the inside of the wheel.

 

[tashasdaddy]

Re: grease outside bearing

even though you are using them,, you should inspect and repack the bearing every year atleast. i have lost a tire before, because a kid at the tire shop messed up. cost me $1000, to put a new under carriage on the trailer, still messing with the shop, that messed up.

 

[rob711]

Re: grease outside bearing

my plan is to inspect them at the end of the season after i put the trailer up on blocks for the winter...my ramp is 5 miles from my house so i'm not to worried about them...once i saw the plate move forward with the application of the grease i felt better. although it can't hurt to take them apart before something does go wrong...maybe sunday...thanks for the tip