Dexter EZ Lube System 🛢 How To Grease Your RV Bearings without removing your wheels
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- Опубліковано 14 тра 2020
- How to grease your wheels, aka your bearings, on your RV without removing the wheels.
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I get a kick out of all the nay sayers and know it alls that say that you shouldn’t use these or you used to much grease. These people just can’t seem to comprehend the purpose of this system. 1. Do not use a pneumatic grease gun, that is the number one reason people and “ RV Techs” blow out the rear seal. 2. The purpose of this system is to repack your bearings. It takes about 7 ozs ( half a tube) of grease before all the old grease is pushed out and replaced with new grease. If you do a little reading of the dexter manual you would know these facts. If been using this system annually for five years to repack my bearings with no issues. Next year it will be due for a total disassembly and inspection of the brakes, drums, bearings and races.
Let us know how this worked for you from the inspection. Seems like you should be doing this soon. Did you see any spots on the bearing surfaces and any grease in the brakes?
you'll regret doing that one day.
I have a trailer with Dexter and EZ lube and have never lubricated the bearings. I found you short video very helpful. Thanks.
Thanks for the video. Been RVing for 20 years now. This method is effective. I pulled off two my hubs this year on my 2017 to verify brake pad wear. While I was there check the bearings. Well greased.
Great job good for those that are not sure how to do this. On previous rv’s I have had to repack the bearings but this much easier. This way uses more grease but less messy
Best detailed explanation for greasing trailer bearings on UA-cam ever! Thanks for the details that beginners really need to know. VERY MUCH APPRECIATED!
Thanks for the important maintenance tips, many times overlooked that can cause major safety problems and delays while traveling.
Loved the full version video, very helpful dealing with everything that could happen.
This was great I didn’t know at all how to do it, I thought a few shots of grease and that’s it but you showed me how it’s done thank you so much.
Best hub grease video yet! Love me some greasy hubs!
First time visit to your channel. Good stuff. Any maintenance related video's are always a good thing. Be safe out there.....
Great job showing how this greasing is done
Short and sweet! Good job
Very helpful. Quick, personable. Thank you. Do more like this.
Awesome video, very thorough and explained well!
Hope u guys are safe and well. Can’t wait for this to be over ♥️
We are staying safe! Actually getting excited about some things starting to open back up and maybe even hit the road again soon!
Thanks for the video. Especially the real life problem encountered like an Air lock. Well done.
Love these how to vids.
glad you did this video im about to do mine and didn't know how to change it
These types of quick videos are awesome. Thanks for leaving in the problem with the air bubble. You are right, things don’t always go perfect. EXCELLENT video sir!
Out open
Wow, this was a great video and very helpful. Thanks for the links. I'm gonna buy the stuff and get ready to go it myself.
Very helpful.. answered my question!
Good info here. Presented easy to understand.
Excellent instructional video!
Thanks for the greased job.. Ya did good ...Enjoy your camping ..
Great Job. Less Talk and Get to the Point. You did exactly of that.
Thanks, very helpful, preceeding comments also very helpful
Thanks. You made this not as big a chore as I thought.
Thank you! This was great!!!
Good job Dad 👍
Thanks I just checked my wheels n one side needed grease but I took the liberty n greased all four. Thanks again for ur tips LP
Good video! Well explained!
Great video. Thank you.
Enjoyed the video
Nice video. Helped a lot.
Very helpful thank you.
Great info... thanks!!!
There are a lot of people having grease go through the seal, so might I suggest doing this on a warm day, going really slow with the greasing to allow it to flow without building any pressure between the bearing and the seal (it's not a race) and checking the seal with a bore scope after if you can!
Nice video. Thanks!
Good video, Thanks.
Great video!
Good job, thanks
Thank you. I need to go back and grease mine now that I know what to actually do.
Great video.
Very nice, got it
Excellent!
Excellent 😊😊
THANK YOU.
Like your show l got to do mine now thanks
Great video
Great video.
I carry a Milwaukee M12 battery powered 12 volt grease gun in my 5th wheel. It makes it easy to do this by my self.
Then you might have blown grease past your seals and into the brake. I hope your gun has variable pressure settings. Be careful to avoid high pressure.
Very good video easy to follow thanks alot
Never ever use a battery powered grease gun when doing this. Slow and easy, not fast and greasy.
Definitely like this type of “tip” video. Very “real” and understandable. Thanks.
Thanks for showing how to load a grease gun. I only do that about once every 3 or 4 years, which at my age, is just enough time to forget how its done.
I did this job today just as I do every year but I took my wheels off so I could inspect my brakes and I found a cracked hub that could have exploded going down the road. This is exactly why I commented on this video the other day and told you that you should always take your wheels off. My hub could have exploded going down the road.
Thanks for the video. First, you went from start to finish. Other videos start with the grease fitting exposed and wheel off the ground. Manufacturer video used a prop axle and bearing set up, wasn't even on a rig. Also appreciate the air bubble problem being left in. Shows that unexpected things can happen.
Keep doing this type of video. Very well done.
Just a suggestion, you really need to be using high temperature bearing grease. The moly grease you used says "fifth wheel" because it is recommended to be used on 5th wheel hitches. This is not the right grease for bearings.
Odd - on the manufacturers website, it literally states this in the description: "MasterPro wheel bearing grease offers lithium-based, extreme pressure (EP) lubrication that helps provide moisture resistance and rust protection."
@@Nitro187 Key word there is wheel bearing grease; that brand likely carries both moly grease and wheel bearing grease, there is a difference
Any grease will work fine. Settle down know it all.
@@robbypro3370 not true
@@robbypro3370not true, moly grease is much thicker and designed for high pressure on pins and hitches, not ball bearings. I’m literally in the process of replacing 3k in high speed bearings on a blower system because of a guys “any grease will work” idea.
Awesome video and great tips, also are you guys gonna go to silverwood this year?
The #1 thing you should take care of while it is up in the air is testing and adjusting the brakes. I'm not a safety nut, I'm just lazy and only want to jack it up once.
Great vid
Good video
Pneumatic or battery grease gun be great for that!! Save the pain! Thx for sharing I am due for this as well!!
Do not use a power grease gun !!!
You will blow out the inner seal
@@johnhines3591 I didn’t think about that! Thx!!!!
Very nice video. I was always leary of pumping to much grease as I thought it might push out the inside seal. Not the case?. good to know.
Hi James and Ashley and goose and maverick how are you today. Happy Friday.
Like the maintenance tips. Is there parts or an after market set up to grease ur bearings like just did?
DO NOT stick your finger into that hole to clean out the excess grease. RAZOR SHARP!
I found out the hard bloody way
The Dexter manual has a list of approved grease for their axles. I just bought one off the list to be safe.
Oh when installing a grease cartrige only thread thread the pump handle one and a half turns then release the plunge and then screw it in the rest of the way, primes every time!
Ram 3500, Great Truck. What do you set your electric brake gain at.
Noni wants lifestyle videos with Goose and Maverick. Gramppa Beard wants both.
I have these Dexter EZ zerk fittings on my travel trailer axles. I've never lubed them yet. I know I need to. But, reading the comments and looking at other videos... some say don't do it this way because you can blow the seal out....some say it's going to be alright. Now I don't know what to do. Then there is those who say to jack it up on the axle, then there are those that say don't jack it up on the axle, jack it up on the frame. Then there are those that say don't jack it up on the frame. It's almost hit or miss with these videos. You did a great job explaining, but I'm not sure what to do.
I use the frame to jack it up. It boggles my mind there would be people who say to use neither the axle nor the frame. Unless you have power levelers I do not know of any other way to lift the trailer.
Do exactly what he did, brings me plenty of work on damaged seals, grease coated brake shoes and bad bearings. Sometimes I even sell a few axles.
Jack up the axle - its plenty strong, and much easier to do
@@anthonyhitchings1051 Thank you!!
As an RV technician I see too many people use these ez lube systems and end up blowing their rear seals out ruining their brakes all together. Pull everything apart once a year and do a full inspection. Will save you in the long run
Don’t use moly, use high temp red grease. And there is a bleed valve on the head of the grease gun for what it gets airlocked
Great video. Off topic, what’s the intro song?
Good video, would installing bearing buddies defeat the purpose of the EZ lube?
Good video
Now i gotta do mine 🤦🏽♂️
Pretty good job on the video but, as you probably already know if you haven’t greased in 2-3 years means you probably haven’t inspected your brakes. Take the hubs off next time and replace the seals and repack the right way. I believe the fitting is there to top off the procedure in my opinion . It’s always nice to have working brakes.
I agree, just did a manual clean and pack of hubs and replaced complete brake assemblies. Good thing to dig in because although the magnet surfaces were good the hubs needed a skim job.
The icing on the cake is the ez lube grease nipple. Back and forth spinning to get all the old out and in with the new! I used a lot more grease than expected but all good, Castrol NLG2 red.
Moly grease as a rule is deigned for sliding surfaces, pins, bushings, and suspension components not wheel bearings. The tube you showed specifically mentions it to be used as an EP grease for chassis and fifth wheel use. You'll get better service life and protection on rolling element bearings by using a non-moly grease.
Agreed, I have found Lithium greaseleaves a slippery coating, which is grease for sureface to surface sliding, ie 5th wheel face, etc, but for bearings, you want a little bit of surface friction so the bearing can grip and roll as designed.
Bearings are designed to roll on their surface, which reduces wear, and heat.
If bearings slide on their surface, there is a chance it will wear a flat spot in the bearings surface, not to mention friction from sliding will generate heate, which is not ideal.
I also thought this should be High Temperature Wheel bearing grease specifically for wheel bearings .
Just did mine this morning. Bone dry :(. Hoping I got it before the bearing started to go.
Leave grease in the sun and let it get HOT, pump very very slowly as you rotate the wheel or you can push out the seal.
Don’t forget the vid on how to prime the grease gun!
Here is the way I am going to do a hybrid method for my EZ lube axle. I have only repacked mine the standard way so far. Have not attempted the EZ Lube way yet.
I'm going to do a hybrid version that partly uses both methods....use manual grease gun to pump some grease in while spinning the wheel slowly. Maybe 6 pumps. That should adequately renew the grease in the inner bearing, because the spinning wheel will distribute the grease all around in the inner bearing. Now support the outer nose of the hub with my small rolling jack (not necessary, but that will keep the hub from tipping down on the spindle when the outer bearing is removed), remove the metal dust cap, remove the outer wheel bearing, hand-pack it, re-install the bearing and nut retaining devices, and the cap. This way both bearings get greased, and the whole inner hub cavity does not get filled, and I avoid the more work intensive process of removing the inner bearing. Of course, occasionally pull it all down the standard way for compelete re-pack and inspection.
Comments?
Most people over grease with these devices. Especially with power grease guns. Go look at your ball joints on unsealed type. Guarantee the shop tech somewhere blasted grease in until the rubber seal snapped. That's why there's a big glob of grease around your joints. IMHO, take the time to disassemble, inspect the bearings. And purchase a bearing packer. WHOOOOOLE lot easier. And they're cheap.
I also thought this should be I use High Temperature Wheel bearing grease specifically for wheel bearings on my travel trailer. Not Molly grease it’s more for sliding applications that’s what we used on bearing surfaces on manufacturing presses .
Great video, and thank you! I did spot one snafu. The Dexter Operation Service Manual says CAUTION (all caps and highlighted in yellow) "Do not lift or support the trailer on any part of the axle or suspension system." In other words, don't put jack it up by the axle.
Sure! That would make it a little hard to change a flat or install new tires. That is not correct.
@@mikebradford7780 for the Dexter axels that's absolutely correct. You need to jack it by the frame or use a easy lift ramp. They're not the same as the leaf spring tandem axels.
Pro tip as you grease your bearings you should also inspect your wheel hubs and brakes.
Good tip!
Great job. My Pro Safety Tip is using a brake spoon and adjusting your brakes! That wheel spun way too freely IMHO.
I’m kind of new to RV but what is that cover the name of it that you took off to access the bearings that way I don’t have to take the tires off because on ours I don’t have a little plastic piece and I’d rather just swap out both of those on our rim one time that way I can access it and lube up the bearings
What about the seal on the back? Aren’t you afraid of it popping off of the back and getting on the brakes? But great video
thanks for pointing out it only applies to Dexter EZ Lube system.
Our fam just bought a used 2020 bumper pull toy hauler from an older gentleman who didn't like the upkeep and maintenance. Brought it home and checked it over only to find the bearings looked to be dry from the start. Perhaps never greased at the factory or not checked at the dealer??? Luckily the rig didn't have many miles on it so I'm glad I pumped them full before we took it far. Just goes to show checking for yourself can make a difference. Oh and if you can afford a nice 5th wheel, I'd recommend buying a cordless dewalt or milwaukee grease gun! You'll thank me later 😉 (or your grease pumping assistant will thank me later 👍🏼)
A lot of people are saying the electric will blow seals
@@evilcoco321 I saw one online that has variable pressure settings. DEWALT Cordless Grease Gun Kit - 20V, 10,000 PSI, 1 Li-Ion Battery, Model# DCGG571M1
I have done the exact same thing before and blew out the back seal and ruined my brakes. I now take the wheels off and hand pack and replace seals every 2 years not that hard. Plus u need to inspect them.
I used the grease fittings to grease my bearings....there was soo much grease in there it blew off the caps!!!
Hi James great to see you again as it's been awhile . Interesting to see how you grease the wheel bearings on your rig w/o taking the tires off . Who was the gentleman who helped you ? That was nice of him to assist you . Hows Zeus doing I hope he's doing OK now . Take care , stay safe and most of all stay well . The county I live in here on the west coast of Florida has made wearing masks in public is now mandatory .
Great video....but a heads up.....moly greases are designed for boundary lubrication, like pins and bushings on a loader/tractor, fifth wheels etc.....sliding metal to metal contact NOT roller bearings......use a grease designed for roller bearings!
Gotta love all the clueless comments on here.....just look at the offical video from dexter for their E-Z lube axles. You indeed do pump through grease just like he does and even shows the video from dexter.
Times change folks, new tech comes along.
I have ez-lube hubs but no access through the center cap LOL. Corner cutting bastards!
The second wheel didn't seem to have any old grease in it. Lesson in greasing your bearings as often as they suggest.
Molly is for dirty environments, any high temperature wheel bearing grease will be fine.
Be careful and not blow the rear seals out. Then your brakes will get grease covered. Pro tip!!
@@willrob8994 Not really. That's why I don't use them to "pack". I may give them a pump or 2 later in the year, but never more than a couple of pumps. Plus the way I pack there is plenty of grease there.
I have seen one u-tube where a guy uses them to literally pack his bearings. That is not what they were intended for. Not good, the only way to check the seals is to pull the hub off and see if there is any past the seal. If grease is present your compromising your brakes.
@@pat7957 not what theyre intended for?
What do you say they are intended for?
Never seen so much said about these ez lubes...
Look at the design, flows the grease through the inner brng, then out through the outer. Thats it yer done.
Brngs serviced.
I will say I would not pump the grease in there like the guy did in the vid, animal style, slowly add while spinning the wheel... or not spinning.
When fresh comes out the outer you are golden.
Pro Tip??? Too funny.
AT least every 10k miles should be pack and every 20k i would say pulling them out and look and repack with seals. Or you can get the dexter consent lube system ANd besides different types of greases different temps too on top of that. Plus while you have it up check the play in the bearings and adjust them if needed. Plus (Sorry James) don't tighten like that. You have to cross pattern when tightening wheels and torque them. I LOVE THESE VIDEOS!!! But you could have guessed that from auto tech!!!
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