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08-27-2014, 08:05 PM
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Lippert axle with EZ-lube wheel bearings?
I have a 2011 Palomino Puma 253-FBS. Their brochure specifies EZ-Lube wheel bearings. This surprised me because they use so many Lippert parts. I am getting ready to lube the bearings, and am getting very confused.
The Puma manual is useless. It doesn't even mention wheel bearings or axles. It has a Lippert manual with several pages on axles, but no mention of EZ-lube. I was not aware that an EZ-lube wheel bearing was possible on a Lippert axle
I climbed underneath, and verified that it is indeed a Lippert axle. Next, i checked that there is indeed a grease zerk behind the rubber plug in the center of the hub.
Can anybody relieve my confusion?
Joel
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08-27-2014, 08:22 PM
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go online should be same as dexter axle, same principle.look up ez lube on heading.
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09-16-2014, 05:21 PM
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Ret E-9 Anchor-clanker
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I took off the center wheel cap to gat to the dust cover. Pumped a whole tube in to get a good steady flow of clean grease out.
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09-16-2014, 07:59 PM
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Donanddonna - if you pumped a whole tube of grease into one hub, you've probably just covered your brakes with grease. I highly recommend checking the brakes! I believe Lippert has purchased Dexter so if you google "Dexter EZ Lube" you should get good info on this system.
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09-16-2014, 08:14 PM
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That one's full! 
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09-16-2014, 08:16 PM
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Yep you better pull the tire and brake rotor and see where it all went. Bad idea to use more than a few pumps of grease.
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09-16-2014, 08:31 PM
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I agree, Pull the drum, if you shot a whole tube in there you could have blown the seal and made a nasty mess.
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09-19-2014, 08:12 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by wbdavey
Donanddonna - if you pumped a whole tube of grease into one hub, you've probably just covered your brakes with grease. I highly recommend checking the brakes! I believe Lippert has purchased Dexter so if you google "Dexter EZ Lube" you should get good info on this system.
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yep second post
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09-19-2014, 08:25 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by wbdavey
Donanddonna - if you pumped a whole tube of grease into one hub, you've probably just covered your brakes with grease. I highly recommend checking the brakes! I believe Lippert has purchased Dexter so if you google "Dexter EZ Lube" you should get good info on this system.
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As you can see, the grease is coming out the front (as it should), and many will pump the hub full and keep pumping until much or all of the old grease has come out the front, thus ensuring that only good new grease is in the hub. It's also not uncommon to pump half a tube into a new axle hub before seeing any grease come out the front. The rear seal is designed to withstand this pressure, but does sometimes fail. It's when the grease doesn't come out the front that there's problems. Lippert did purchase a division of Dexter, but I believe it was only their frame division, and the Dexter axle division is still independent of LIppert.
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09-19-2014, 09:09 AM
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Too much grease.
As a 30+ yr mech. Put plugs in those zirk fittings, you dont need all that grease.
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09-19-2014, 03:34 PM
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You need to read the second thread down from this one. Good Luck
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09-19-2014, 03:51 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by AquaMan
As you can see, the grease is coming out the front (as it should), and many will pump the hub full and keep pumping until much or all of the old grease has come out the front, thus ensuring that only good new grease is in the hub. It's also not uncommon to pump half a tube into a new axle hub before seeing any grease come out the front. The rear seal is designed to withstand this pressure, but does sometimes fail. It's when the grease doesn't come out the front that there's problems. Lippert did purchase a division of Dexter, but I believe it was only their frame division, and the Dexter axle division is still independent of LIppert.
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I will stand beside AquaMan on how much grease these take and how they are designed to be lubed! (BUT) I also stand by the statement about Bearing NOT needing this great amount of Lube for proper operation,most of the (Grease) in this layout is inside the HUB not the bearings!  Youroo!! 
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09-19-2014, 03:59 PM
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09-19-2014, 04:43 PM
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X3
I grease mine before any big trip (but only 3x a season). You did get a little to much grease but that is a lot better than running it dry.
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09-19-2014, 05:04 PM
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Here's a short video on greasing the bearings. I do mine every spring, but I don't pull many miles in a year, maybe 500 or so since we stay at a single CG for most of August.
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09-20-2014, 08:35 PM
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Awesome windy west, exactly what I was wondering. Thanks for taking the time to share the video.
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09-20-2014, 08:49 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by laurajean
Awesome windy west, exactly what I was wondering. Thanks for taking the time to share the video.
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RVs take a lot of learning and trial and error, both theory and experience. I've been camping for decades, and with every new or different RV, I'm learning new things every year. Glad I could help you, keep being inquisitive, don't take anything for granted, and leave nothing to chance or it will probably come back to bite you on the butt down the road (literally) . (been there, done that many times )
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