How often do you repack your trailer wheel bearings?

Posted by Fred from MO on April 22, 2013 at 11:24:01 from (69.55.155.226):

Funny story, or (stupid story however you look at it?). I have a little dinky trailer that was once a 12 foot flatbottom boat trailer in the 70's that was converted to a 3-motocycle trailer in the 80's, then I converted it to a 10 x 7 foot flat bed trailer in the 90's (are you following me on this one LOL!) So anyway in the late 90's I replaced the wheel bearings and races and repacked everything. The trailer sat and was only used for odd jobs here and there. I recently started using the trailer more often for long 4 or 5 hour trips down the highway and I had this eerie feeling in the back of my head that I ought to repack those things the next chance I got. So when I did the bearings were shot on the one side of the trailer and fell out. Luckily it was just after a major trip and they fell out in my driveway. The hub design stinks from a maintenance standpoint. The hub cap is an odd 2.32 inch cover. The bearings are 1-1/4 bot on the inboard side and the outboardside of the hub and to get to the inboard bearing you have to pull the oil seal usually destroying it. Costs is $11 for each of the seals. They dont make bearing buddies for this size that I can find, and Im not sure that those things are that great anyway??? So Im curious of all the trailer guru's on here if you can give a guy some advice on how often you repack your trailer bearings?

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• Re: How often do you repack your trailer wheel bearings? 51hunter 14:26:48 04/23/13 (0)
• Re: How often do you repack your trailer wheel bearings? Rick Kr 09:57:26 04/23/13 (0)
• Re: How often do you repack your trailer wheel bearings? fixerupper 19:26:27 04/22/13 (1)
  • Re: How often do you repack your trailer wheel bearings? Russ from MN 12:14:40 04/23/13 (0)
• Re: How often do you repack your trailer wheel bearings? JayinNY 18:45:45 04/22/13 (0)
• Re: How often do you repack your trailer wheel bearings? Paul from MI 17:28:35 04/22/13 (0)
• Re: How often do you repack your trailer wheel bearings? OliverGuy 16:37:40 04/22/13 (0)
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• Re: How often do you repack your trailer wheel bearings? dpendzic 14:05:23 04/22/13 (2)
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• Re: How often do you repack your trailer wheel bearings? Greg K 13:29:25 04/22/13 (2)
  • Re: How often do you repack your trailer wheel bearings? Mike (WA) 15:02:14 04/22/13 (0)
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• Re: How often do you repack your trailer wheel bearings? mss3020 13:25:02 04/22/13 (0)
• Re: How often do you repack your trailer wheel bearings? Mike (WA) 12:14:32 04/22/13 (1)
  • Re: How often do you repack your trailer wheel bearings? Fred from MO 13:35:04 04/22/13 (0)
• Re: How often do you repack your trailer wheel bearings? Russ from MN 11:53:45 04/22/13 (1)
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• Re: How often do you repack your trailer wheel bearings? Super Trucker 11:31:00 04/22/13 (0)

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