You have to pull the silver cap off the end and there should be a grease zerk behind it.
You have to pull the silver cap off the end and there should be a grease zerk behind it.
Not sure you read my earlier post clearly. 2 years ago I serviced one wheel because the seal was compromised and it was slinging grease. When I opened it up there is no grease zerk on the end of the spindle, no tapped threads for a grease zerk, and no grease zerk on the the hub housing anywhere. I had to fill the hub housing with grease by hand, the cap by hand and then put it back on.
There is a label on the trailer that claims they are maintenance free and are to last a lifetime. What does that mean ? 5000 miles or 500,000 miles. What is considered a lifetime ?
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2006 Triton TR-21 XD, Mercury 225 Pro XS, S/N 1B287870
I will but it will have to be tomorrow evening
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On my original post I specified Bearing Buddy STYLE greasing devices. I have no experience at all with the style the author uses depicted in the photographs.
Would help to know exactley which hub you have.
You say the only way to get grease inside is by hand ??? IF thats the case I see no way to ever get enough grease inside to push the "outer disc/cap"..
Anyway they have an outer cap/disc that should stick out maybe 1/4 to 1/2” when they are full of grease
Does this help?
I try to drive as if my 16 year old Grandson is following me
Speak as if he is listening and act as if he is watching
Looks like a large messy PIA !!
My Champ had the same system as in the video. What a pain!! I and our local dealer messed with them for over two years and could not keep them working like they were suppose to.. I finally had enough and converted them over to regular grease with Red Eye grease caps and now no trouble in over 3 years. Red Eyes work great, no grease leakage and you can tell at a glance if everything is as it should be. One of my buddies had oil lubricated hub on his R boat and lost a complete spindle, tire, wheel and all on the freeway. What a mess he had to replace the spindle and all of the parts on that side of the axle. He had no warning at all, he had gassed up and did a walk-around check about 35 miles earlier.
Maybe this will help. My trailer is a 2002 and has this set up.
http://www.waymires.com/support_docu...ice_manual.pdf
Didn't notice this was already posted. sorry
Same link in post 18.
Last edited by Fish TR19; 08-02-2018 at 06:46 PM.
Guys , the link, video and all other comments are helpful. Thanks so much. The vault is the style I have. My marine tech did a piss poor job. I usually do these myself. I just thought that while it was in the shop for some minor glass repair and lower unit replacement I would have them serviced at the same time. Well they had it 2 months and one day and I can't use the boat until I go through the wheel bearings to get them right, not to mention the lower unit was not installed correctly ( how the hell do you mess that up ? ). So I have been without a boat since May 5 and from the looks of it it's ging to be a while longer before I get to use it.
If they had done proper work I would have been able to slip out on Wednesday evenings at the very least here and there but since I have to correct this crap it is going to have to just sit for a while. I work part time , have a wife and raising a grandson along with an unexpected list of extra things that have popped up that have to be addressed before I can get around to the boat.
When I do I will revive this thread with an update. with a bit of luck I may even provide a few pics along the way. I'm interested to see what I encounter when I open up those bearings.
Thanks for all the replies. I appreciate it.
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Good luck.