Protect your trailer's wheel bearings!! Bearing Buddy
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- Опубліковано 20 чер 2024
- In this video I am working on my trailer and installing the Bearing Buddy. According to the company this should protect your bearings and prevent water from getting in to them.
If you want more information from the company please visit their website - www.bearingbuddy.com/
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Putting the Bearing Buddies in a freezer for 30-45 minutes before installing will help shrink them ever so lightyly, easing installation.
this idea actually works wel👍👍l also rotate the cap inside the wheel hub 20 or so revolutions and use a block of wood and a heavy hammer to help drive it in
Bearing Buddy’s are great! I took me 20 minutes to install 4 of them on my Forest River camper trailer.
I just bought a pair for my new to me 2019 Yatch Club pontoon trailer. I always wondered how much grease to add. Excellent to the point video!
This was exactly what I needed, thanks!
Thanks for this. Well done.
Have used these for years on my jet ski and boat trailer, works great
great video! i got a used trailer last year and my bearing buddies dont have caps!
Great product.
I noticed at the end the guy said maybe I won’t have to replace the bearings for the life of the trailer
Wow that sounds like a big statement so when installing bearing buddies with grease how long is the service cycle between changing grease
And checking the tightness of the bearings
You need to take the inner grease fiting out
Thank you for your video! I'm about to do my bearings for the first time. But your video makes me think I should replace the dust covers with bearing buddies?
I would, better than just the cap. Anything is better than nothing in my opinion.
The grease isn’t suppose to come out the front like it did it should come out the hole in the side of the bearing buddy.Also learn that the nozzle on your grease gun is adjustable .You can turn it to loosen the grip it has on the zerk fitting or tighten the grip.
I appreciate you want to help me with your comments. I noticed before doing this video that the bearing buddy has gone through several updates compared to when it first came out and while they look the same they are not all built the same. If you notice in this newly updated video describing the same same bearing buddy I have he says the grease will seep around the edges indicating it is full. ua-cam.com/video/l-2bYTTV4Ok/v-deo.html specifically look at the 58 second mark. I am aware the grease gun is adjustable, this is a new gun and I hadn't adjusted prior to the video and I left it in hoping that could provide some humor in the video to show not everything you do will be perfect. Please remember I can edit in or out anything in my own videos. If you see it in the video that is because I meant for it to be in the video. Thanks for watching.
The hole is under the sticker, thus it came out the front.
@@HowToWithJames You didn't remove the zerk from the previous setup, by not doing that the bearing Buddy is dam near useless.
Hello, did you have to remove the zerk fitting first on the end of the spindle before installing the bearing buddy? Dexter ez lube system has a zerk fitting screwed into the end of the spindle. Did you remove that?
I did not remove a zerk fitting. If I had one I guess I would remove it since this method would be an alternative solution to using a zerk fitting.
I don't think adding the bearing buddy system is necessary if you have the Dexter ex lube. I think it's one or the other.
Fill buddy with grease as much as possible before tapping grease buddy in. Pump grease to full. Grease pressure should be at 3 pounds.
How do you replace old grease with bearing buddy? Do you still have to pull everything a part and repack?
Yes you do.
How much grease is in the hub when the buddy says its full? per timken your hub should only be about half full in the cavity to prevent churning in high tempatures, im guessing the buddy keeps some pressure in the hub to keep water & such from entering thru the seal & im also scratching my head about these ppl who say they have never pulled the buddy off in 20yrs just keep putting grease in every yr, so if thats the case where is the excess grease going? eventually after 20yrs of pumping grease it will be full & have to squirt out past the seal which is not good & it dont just disappear like a fart in the wind !
That fit is so tight, I'd be afraid that I'd never be able to change the bearings again....
Just use a rubber malet to get them off, same as you would the bearing cap.
Shouldn't you spin the wheel while greasing in order to get a uniform fill?
It will automatically grease the bearings as the wheel turns. That is why this is called the bearing buddy. :)
The pressure from the spring does that but that's also why you check it after a few miles in case there's some air that was displaced, then top them off
These are made in Puerto Rico !
I want one
Bearing buddy
Youshould only need to add grease until the spring start to come out a little. If you pump grease like this guy did, you'll eventually have grease pushing thru the rear seal and all over the back of the wheel. Seals are not made that strong.
exactly
That's why the spring only puts 3# of pressure and then leaks out.
lol once you get them on it's impossible to get them off to replace a hub assembly fyi.
bearing buddy's DO NOT get enough grease to the inner bearing!
I agree with your comment but the alternative to not having one is worse. Before putting the bearing buddy on I made sure the inner bearing was well greased and now with this on it will be well sealed from water and dirt. So it won't get grease to it but it will protect it better than having nothing and the outer bearing will be better off for having it installed.
drilling the hub between the outer and inner bearing and install a grease fitting that’s the best way
You can put too much grease in those, it can blow out the rear seal.
Not with this, the grease will come out the sides of you or in too much. You can see that in the video.
$65.00 at tractor supply
26.43 in the link in my video description
eBay
Amazon $15. Arrived today. Might be generic but look the same. We’ll see how they work tomorrow.
Bearing buddies just seal the hub they do not lube yours bearings, you will still need to repack wheel bearings per usual maintenance typically yearly
Wrong
@Slking5.56 ok you'll be the one losing a wheel not me
If sealing the hub was the only intent, then the original tin cap would be enough. No need to buy the Bearing Buddy. I put these on my trailer more than 20 years ago, and with regular greasing I've never needed to open the hub up, and have never lost a wheel bearing.
@Darrell Patton that's great if it's not a boat trailer and exposed to warming then cooling and water pressure. Don't believe me I don't care. Also the metal cap doesn't seal that's called a dust cover lok
@@kcoutdoorsmissouri4052 I agree with you.
Your third sentence is "I've never sen a Bearing Buddy before", and you don't know how much they cost. What qualifies you as an expert to make a tutorial video?
Before doing this video I talked to people who had used them for decades and then researched videos from the company. There is not much to this product and in minutes you can be an expert too, and I heard nothing but good things in all the information I found. As for the price I put a link in the description of the video. In my opinion this is a great product and way better than a bearing cap. I haven't had any problems with mine since creating this video. If you would rather have a bearing cap I understand but this is what I am doing. Thanks for watching and good luck with whatever you decide!
I don't remember the guy saying he was an "expert". Somethings are better left in your mind then put down in print. The video was great! BTW, what is the address to your youtube video for Buddy Bearing installation??
He never said he was an expert. Hes just trying to help some people out.
The only thing id do differently, is not put that much grease.
Just enough to move the spring to where its half way up. Spin the wheel while doing it.
Remember the BB does not take the place of repacking your bearings.
GREAT VIDEO
They work quite good on the outer bearings of a boat trailer, but useless for the inner bearing.