my trailer has the UFP oil bath hubs on it now, what is the difference in those verses the standard grease style? I looked some up on line and the bearings,races and seals are the same
my trailer has the UFP oil bath hubs on it now, what is the difference in those verses the standard grease style? I looked some up on line and the bearings,races and seals are the same
2000 Ranger R93VS
1999 Merc 200efi
Humminbird 1198 & 1199
Minn Kota Fortrex
The parts may be the same. But, the COOL Hubs are filled with 50 weight oil instead of grease. You could easily convert to using grease, but you'll have to pack them by hand, as the spindles are not drilled to accept either a zerk fitting or a needle fitting, as the old Ranger trailers were.
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You could possibly just add a zerk fitting where the oil screw is on the cool hub and pump it full of grease, reason I was saying cause sometimes if a gearbox at work has a leaking seal, you can drain the gear lube and pump them full of grease and they keep on going
Man if I can give one piece of advice, convert to grease. Those oil bath hubs are ticking time bombs and when they go, there's nothing you can do. Except get your wallet out and do some major trailer repair. I had the same boat and trailer and converted to buddy bearings. Very inexpensive to do.
the hub of the wheel sits right on top of the fill hole
2000 Ranger R93VS
1999 Merc 200efi
Humminbird 1198 & 1199
Minn Kota Fortrex
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