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Originally Posted by calstyl2
I have a 22" steel deck car hauler, its about 10 years old with no prior service, Im getting it ready for a Moab run.
As far as I know its never had bearing service, My question is that Im addng Bearing Buddie's to each hub, the trailer supply shop here(Big Texx outlet) said just put on the Buddies and put six pumps of grease into the Hub???? does this sound cool?
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No, it does not sound cool.
I would spend the time now, while it is at your house, and not on the side of the road, to clean/inspect the bearings/races, replace the seals, and purchase two spare sets of bearings/races/seals and dust caps. It is cheap insurance.
Bearing buddies are fine, as long as the whole hub is full of grease, but if it is empty between the outer and inner wheel bearing, you will not get grease to the inner wheel bearings, unless you pump the hell out of them for a while, and even then, you cannot be sure that the inner bearings are greased.
I have not ever been a fan of, nor used bearing buddies on any of my trailers. I have repaired wheel bearings on trailers equipped with bearing buddies.
