Dexter 7k EzLube Maintenance

[NIsaacs]

Nick, where did you find that hub assy?

It was on one of the trailer forums this morning.

 

[Cummins12V98]

They probably figured they were done when it started dripping out the bottom of the drum.

 

[Ozymandias]

Yup, and they were made in the USA, a name brand at that. Kind of tempers your "I probably would as long as I started out with QUALITY US Made seals" Also wondering, just how do you inspect your bearings if all you do is pump grease into the zerk? Also, what do you do with the cartridge worth of used grease that is pumped through the hub?

I was wondering about that too, where goes the grease.
Maybe there is sort of a black hole in it that sucks it all up... LOL

 

[bcbender]

hahaha... I had a similar issue when I bough my 30' gooseneck.. took off to inspect since no brakes and found a mess of grease like that, previous owner changed seals and put the wrong size in so about 1/8" clearance and all the grease simply bypassed the bearings ..... (LOL). I swapped axles for new 7ks since it was cheaper than replacing brakes and bearings.