"MikeT" wrote in message
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Hello,
In my humble opinion, bearing buddies are useless in the fact that people
that have them figure all they have to do is put a couple pumps of grease
in them once in a while, so any moisture in the bearings ends up staying
there, pitting the bearings and races, and causing failures at the worst
possible times. Also, people that pump and pump, and pump grease into
bearing buddies blow the rear axle seal riht out of them from hydraulic
pressure, then they have open bearings to road dirt and a greasy mess.

I'm very careful about overfilling. When I bought the boat & trailer, I
figured I'd be in & out of the dealership quickly. Nope. The guy took a lot
of time to explain things in detail, and this was a salesman, not a service
person.* He mentioned that the Bearing Buddies move outward very slowly
after adding grease, and suggested one pump, then wait & observe the rings.

*Seager Marine, Canandaigua NY. Amazing people.