grease

[bill d]

I have a 2006 cardinal 35 rlt it has grease zerts on the wheels, my question is how often should grease be added?

[Travelers]

I usually give it a couple pumps from the manual grease gun every 2k miles. I have the wheel bearings inspected, packed and the seals replaced every other year.

[OldCoot]

Originally Posted by bill d

I have a 2006 cardinal 35 rlt it has grease zerts on the wheels, my question is how often should grease be added?

I inspect and lube them once a year which is, IMO, more than adequate. Don't do it on any other vehicle, one of which has 90,000+ and the other 75,000+, neither of them have ever had the hubs pulled. The only reason I pull/inspect the trailer is because of the foreign made brgs. Next yr I will replace them all with Timken and that will be the end of inspections. Should have done it when I put shocks on, but got lazy.

[DDC]

Originally Posted by dunnnc

I inspect and lube them once a year which is, IMO, more than adequate. Don't do it on any other vehicle, one of which has 90,000+ and the other 75,000+, neither of them have ever had the hubs pulled. The only reason I pull/inspect the trailer is because of the foreign made brgs. Next yr I will replace them all with Timken and that will be the end of inspections. Should have done it when I put shocks on, but got lazy.

What makes you think that timken bearings will not be foreign they have a lot of factories in China now and other "cheap" places to manufacture.

[OldCoot]

Originally Posted by DDC

What makes you think that timken bearings will not be foreign they have a lot of factories in China now and other "cheap" places to manufacture.

Because I can read "Made in USA" before taking them!

[rattleNsmoke]

I assume that's a 'tongue-in-cheek' statement. If not, you oughta know better. Chinese steel is cheap crap.
Mike

[OldCoot]

Originally Posted by rattleNsmoke

I assume that's a 'tongue-in-cheek' statement. If not, you oughta know better. Chinese steel is cheap crap.
Mike

To whom was that addressed?

[rattleNsmoke]

It was meant for DDC, my friend. I re-read that post and I must have misread it originally. He's on target with not buying chinese garbage.
Mike