After every jaunt down the highway, especially on a hot day,I always had bearing grease clean up to perform on wheel hubs, tires and at times boat hull too.
Now, thanks to 2" wide duck tape which I run around the O/D of the B'Bs extending out about 1 1/2 " any projectile grease misses wheels,tires & boat entirely. Pity on anyone that's tailgating though !!
I've been using marine bearing grease for quite some time now, perhaps a little too exuberantly
I've always worried about getting carried away with the grease, blowing the inboard seal and getting grease on the brakes. I'm not sure how likely this is.
I expect you may be getting a bit too enthusiastic with the grease, Ron. There really should not be any grease flyng out of the bearing-buddies or your inner seal if they're installed and filled properly. Perhaps yours are leaking?
Lost one of my bearing buddy bras and found that a coke or pepsi can fits over mine to keep the grease from getting on the wheel. Painted my can black. I used my band saw....Murv
baldbaby2000 wrote:I've always worried about getting carried away with the grease, blowing the inboard seal and getting grease on the brakes. I'm not sure how likely this is.
That's the nice thing about the M trailer, is that little blue disc, it tells you if you have enough in there. Just add grease until the blue disc moves under finger pressure. I never had to add any since it was new
Also, only use a hand grease gun. An air powered one may add too much or increase the pressure too high.
The inner seal is pretty tough. Under normal conditions you should be fine.
I used to always get grease spray on the wheels and boat. Always thought it was over fill, etc. even when I hadn't added any grease.
Then I switched the trailer to disk brakes and the kit came with new seals. Now I don't get a spot. Most likely the seals were bad all along. If you're getting spray it most likely means you have a bad seal.
I do have the grey caps on my bearing buddies, but I've never noticed much coming out that end, it was always the back.
