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wrote in message ... On Mar 29, 9:17 am, wrote: On Mar 29, 3:54 am, wrote: On Mar 29, 12:03 am, "SteveB" wrote: My new used trailer has buddy bearings. On one tire, there is a lot of grease spun out on the wheel and tire. The other not so much. I'm going to pull them. What do I look for in terms of wear or failure? Do I spin the wheel jacked up before pulling and listen for growl? Is the race pressed into the wheel? Onto the spindle? I've done a lot of things mechanical, but this is new. And what about the buddy bearings? I've heard both ways on those. Steve Bearing Buddies are junk. Remove them, and put on normal bearing Caps. All Bearing Buddies do is allow the grease to be pushed out the inward side of the axle by the Bearing Buddies when you overload them too much. I've seen this happen repeatedly. Pack the bearings by hand, and you will not have this happen again....that is, after you replace the inner seals on your axles that have been blown out by over packing the bearings using the aforementioned " Bearing Buddies". Only if you're a complete moron that can't grasp the instructions. Oh, wait, I forgot who I was replying to. They probably aren't the best choice for you. The above post coming from a Lake Lanier idiot who doesn't have, or never owned a trailer. Go back to Rainbow Country and talk up your home-made swill.You know more about that than you do about trailers, asswipe Dwarf Army Grunt. reply: Hey. Remember me? Got any comments about the post? Steve |
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"SteveB" wrote in
: My new used trailer has buddy bearings. On one tire, there is a lot of grease spun out on the wheel and tire. The other not so much. I'm going to pull them. What do I look for in terms of wear or failure? Do I spin the wheel jacked up before pulling and listen for growl? Is the race pressed into the wheel? Onto the spindle? I've done a lot of things mechanical, but this is new. And what about the buddy bearings? I've heard both ways on those. Steve I know there are contrary opinions, but I like my bearing buddies. I regularly tow in air temps up to 110 deg. F at speeds of 70 mph for 250 miles (L.A. to Laughlin Nev.) Never had a bearing failure. I like the fact that there is always positive presure which keeps the water out when you launch. I always "top off" the grease before a long trip. Another poster pointed out that you can compromise the inboard seal by overloading with grease, and that's true. But most bearing buddies have a spring loaded plate that moves outward as you load the grease allowing extra room while maintaining positive presure inside the hub. Just be careful you don't push the plate to the limit and leave some room for expansion. There is one important maintenance tip you need to know whether you keep them or get rid of them. You don't know what kind of grease is already in there or how careful the previous owner maintained the bearing, so you need to tear it down and repack at the least and install new seals because it looks like the existing ones are blown. You can never mix greases with different base materials. There are lots of types, but basically you're going to be dealing with an Aluminum, Lithium or Calcium base. It doesn't matter which kind (make sure it's marine wheel bearing grease), it just has to be the same kind, because a grease of one type can act as a solvent on a grease of a different type and dissolve it. My unscientific survey says lithium is the easiet to find (I say this because I needed calcium and every tube it seemed I looked at was lithium based.) |
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akheel wrote:
"SteveB" wrote in : My new used trailer has buddy bearings. On one tire, there is a lot of grease spun out on the wheel and tire. The other not so much. I'm going to pull them. What do I look for in terms of wear or failure? Do I spin the wheel jacked up before pulling and listen for growl? Is the race pressed into the wheel? Onto the spindle? I've done a lot of things mechanical, but this is new. And what about the buddy bearings? I've heard both ways on those. Steve I know there are contrary opinions, but I like my bearing buddies. I regularly tow in air temps up to 110 deg. F at speeds of 70 mph for 250 miles (L.A. to Laughlin Nev.) Never had a bearing failure. I like the fact that there is always positive presure which keeps the water out when you launch. I always "top off" the grease before a long trip. Another poster pointed out that you can compromise the inboard seal by overloading with grease, and that's true. But most bearing buddies have a spring loaded plate that moves outward as you load the grease allowing extra room while maintaining positive presure inside the hub. Just be careful you don't push the plate to the limit and leave some room for expansion. There is one important maintenance tip you need to know whether you keep them or get rid of them. You don't know what kind of grease is already in there or how careful the previous owner maintained the bearing, so you need to tear it down and repack at the least and install new seals because it looks like the existing ones are blown. You can never mix greases with different base materials. There are lots of types, but basically you're going to be dealing with an Aluminum, Lithium or Calcium base. It doesn't matter which kind (make sure it's marine wheel bearing grease), it just has to be the same kind, because a grease of one type can act as a solvent on a grease of a different type and dissolve it. My unscientific survey says lithium is the easiet to find (I say this because I needed calcium and every tube it seemed I looked at was lithium based.) As for grease spinning out when you drive. The trick is to put enough in to the hub, but not to over fill it. Since the grease is under pressure, measure how much grease in in the hub by the position of the outside disk of the buddy bearing (the piece with the zerk). It should not be more than a quarter of an inch form the outside rim of the fitting. Grease should not be added until it squirts out the back or the front. |
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On Mar 29, 8:22*am, Keith Nuttle wrote:
akheel wrote: "SteveB" wrote in : My new used trailer has buddy bearings. *On one tire, there is a lot of grease spun out on the wheel and tire. *The other not so much. *I'm going to pull them. *What do I look for in terms of wear or failure? Do I spin the wheel jacked up before pulling and listen for growl? *Is the race pressed into the wheel? *Onto the spindle? *I've done a lot of things mechanical, but this is new. *And what about the buddy bearings? *I've heard both ways on those. Steve I know there are contrary opinions, but I like my bearing buddies. I regularly tow in air temps up to 110 deg. F at speeds of 70 mph for 250 miles (L.A. to Laughlin Nev.) Never had a bearing failure. I like the fact that there is always positive presure which keeps the water out when you launch. I always "top off" the grease before a long trip. Another poster pointed out that you can compromise the inboard seal by overloading with grease, and that's true. But most bearing buddies have a spring loaded plate that moves outward as you load the grease allowing extra room while maintaining positive presure inside the hub. Just be careful you don't push the plate to the limit and leave some room for expansion. There is one important maintenance tip you need to know whether you keep them or get rid of them. You don't know what kind of grease is already in there or how careful the previous owner maintained the bearing, so you need to tear it down and repack at the least and install new seals because it looks like the existing ones are blown. You can never mix greases with different base materials. There are lots of types, but basically you're going to be dealing with an Aluminum, Lithium or Calcium base. It doesn't matter which kind (make sure it's marine wheel bearing grease), it just has to be the same kind, because a grease of one type can act as a solvent on a grease of a different type and dissolve it. My unscientific survey says lithium is the easiet to find (I say this because I needed calcium and every tube it seemed I looked at was lithium based.) As for grease spinning out when you drive. *The trick is to put enough in to the hub, but not to over fill it. *Since the grease is under pressure, measure how much grease in in the hub by the position of the outside disk of the buddy bearing (the piece with the zerk). *It should not be more than a quarter of an inch form the outside rim of the fitting. *Grease should not be added until it squirts out the back or the front.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - When I replaced my brakes the Kodiak hubs came with oil bath seals and caps. I was a little apprehensive about using them but I gave them a shot. So far I really like them. They run very cool and it is easy to check the oil level or to see if they are getting water in them. I initially was getting water in one bearing. It turned out I had damaged one seal when I installed it. Since then they have been perfect. Steve P. |
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